Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first against England in a must-win Super Eight match at Kandy on Tuesday
Kandy: Pakistan has set a 165-run target for England in the Super 8 match of the T20 International World Cup tournament.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first against England in a must-win Super Eight match at Kandy on Tuesday.
The match starts at 6:30pm Pakistan Standard Time.
Speaking at the toss, Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha said the pitch looked good for batting.
“We want to put up an above-par score and defend that,” he said. Salman confirmed one change for Pakistan, with Faheem out and Shaheen Afridi back in the side.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Salman Ali Agha (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Fakhar Zaman, 6 Shadab Khan, 7 Usman Khan (wk), 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Salman Mirza, 11 Usman Tariq
England: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (wk), 3 Jacob Bethell, 4 Tom Banton, 5 Harry Brook (capt), 6 Sam Curran, 7 Will Jacks, 8 Liam Dawson, 9 Jamie Overton, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Adil Rashid
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