Pakistan are down and out, coming from a humiliating defeat at the hands of the USA, and have a poor 1-6 record against India at the T20 World Cup.
IND vs PAK Live Score, Match 18: Clash of the Titans! The biggest heavyweights, India and Pakistan, will lock horns at the Nassau Cricket Stadium in what is being built up as the match of the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma’s India are going into the game as favorites, with their form and overall record supporting them. Meanwhile, Babar Azam and co. are struggling, but that is exactly what will make them dangerous. With backs against the wall, they’ll play their brand of unpredictable cricket and try to outwill the Men in Blue.
India vs Pakistan Live Score
Covers coming off
It looks like the IND vs PAK match will be an on-and-off one. The covers are off for the second time, but the start time is yet to come.
Rain back again
Doesn’t look like the match will start on time (8:30 PM IST).
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir.
Pakistan to bowl first
Imad Wasim comes in, Azam Khan goes out says Babar Azam after winning toss. “We will bowl first because of the weather and moisture in the pitch. The conditions suit us, we have four fast bowlers. We will try to use it to our best. Past is past, we are looking forward to today’s match, we are ready and will give our 100%. Always a big game, our confidence is always high for India vs Pak. Azam Khan is resting.“
Same team for India. “Would’ve bowled first too. We need to assess how conditions play and come up with an idea of what a good score is. Those games have helped us assess conditions here. We’ve spoken about what we need to do as a batting unit to get a good score and then we’ve got the bowling unit to defend. Every game is important in a World Cup, you can’t just show up. Anything can happen. We’re sticking to the same XI,” said Rohit.
Match starts at 8:30 PM
Rain stops, toss at 8 PM
Covers are coming off, and we are just 10 minutes away from the toss.
Pitch inspection coming up
Toss delayed
Rain has stopped, but due to the wet outfield, the toss has been delayed.
Rain stops
Star power
Drizzling on
Drizzle starting to fall a mile outside of Eisenhower Park…
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New York buzzing!!!
Weather forecast for India vs Pakistan
The match starts at 10:30 EST (8 PM IST)
Old pitch being used for IND vs PAK
The India vs Pakistan match will be played on the same pitch that was used for the South Africa vs Netherlands match yesterday (June 8). This means that the pitch will be slightly slow and can help spinners a little bit more.
Heavy protection at Nassau
It’s 8 am and already there are police helicopters surveying the scene above Nassau County Stadium at Eisenhower Park. 2 and a half hours away from the start of India v Pakistan. Mildly overcast here at the moment, currently a 50/50 chance of arriving at around 1145 am.
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Rain drama!
Light showers are expected around 6:30 PM at the Nassau Cricket Stadium, just one hour before the toss.
Chance of rain for IND vs PAK?
The weather doesn’t seem so nice after two and a half hours. For the latest updates, follow our weather blog here.
Welcome to the live coverage of the 18th match of the T20 World Cup between India and Pakistan.
IND vs PAK Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.
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