T20 World Cup: Pakistan to face India in high-voltage match today

Melbourne: In the ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup in Australia, Pakistan will play their first match against the arch-rival, India, in Melbourne on Sunday.

The match will begin at 1300 hours Pakistan Standard Time.

The nuclear-armed neighbours have strained political ties and have not played a Test match since 2007, instead meeting only in multi-nation events.

They have not played any bilateral cricket since Pakistan toured India for a six-match white-ball series in 2012.

Melbourne Weather Report Latest 

All eyes are on the Melbourne weather as it will still be very much a cat-and-mouse game in Melbourne when it comes to weather. Melbourne is notoriously famous for it’s changing weather. Here’s what the official weather channel of Australia is saying about the weather

Slightly overcast day at Melbourne ahead of the India Vs Pakistan T20 World Cup clash.

Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper/batter), Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Shan Masood.

Standby players: Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, and Shahnawaz Dhani.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Shami.

Standby players: Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.