Pakistan has asked Australia to bat first after winning the toss in their fourth match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in India’s Bangalore on Friday (today).
Both the Green Shirts and Aussies are looking to clinch a victory, as both teams prepare to take on one another in the round-robin stage of the major cricket event.
The Babar Azam-led team has so far won two out of three total games played, while Pat Cummins side has only managed to secure one win out of its total three matches in the tournament.
For today’s match Pakistan have rested Shadab Khan and brought in Usama Mir as his replacement.
Playing XI
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
