World Cup 2023: Pakistan to bat first against India

India have won the toss and put Pakistan to bat first in ICC World Cup 2023 fixture being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

“We were looking to field as well. Momentum is very high and we want to continue that,” said Pakistan team captain Babar Azam.

India made one change, with Shubman Gill replacing Ishan Kishan.

Rohit Sharma flips the coin and India have elected to field first 🏏

Shubman Gill returns to the playing XI 👊#CWC23 | #INDvPAK 📝: https://t.co/lXgEd1FCKN pic.twitter.com/RklSPsBuAW

— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) October 14, 2023

Pakistan have never won against India in the World Cup in their seven outings since 1992.

Their previous loss was by 89 runs in a rain-hit league match of the 2019 edition in Manchester.

India remain behind in their overall ODI head-to-heads against Pakistan with 56 wins and 73 losses but have clearly been the stronger team in recent meetings.

Rohit’s men hammered Pakistan by 228 runs in their Asia Cup Super Four clash last month and went on to win the regional tournament.

Playing XIs

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj