India's opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were unbeaten on 15 for no loss when rain stopped play after four overs of the Asia Cup match against Pakistan on Saturday in Pallekele, reports The Hindu.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first in the crucial Asia Cup 2023 match against Pakistan in Pallekele on September 2.
India and Pakistan are playing against each other after a gap of nearly four years. This is the 14th encounter between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
After the toss, Rohit Sharma said the team has brought back Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah and added that the team is playing with two spinners of Kuldeep Yadav and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
Pakistan is playing with an unchanged XI which they won against Nepal.
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
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