Why Azam Khan is not playing T20 World Cup 2024 Match 19 between India vs Pakistan?
Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first against India on June 9.
India took on Pakistan in Match 19 of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, on June 9. Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first. The Men-in-Green made one major change for an all-important clash as Azam Khan, who was having a poor show, got rested and Imad Wasim was brought into the playing XI. It is worth noting that Imad was rested in the first game due to a side strain and was termed doubtful for the India clash.
On the other hand, India have fielded the same playing XI from the Ireland game. Speaking of the game, the tussle bears much significance for Pakistan as a further loss would potentially see them get ousted from the tournament. The Rohit Sharma-led side will aim to dominate the Green Shirts as they have been doing over the years in T20 World Cups. The Men-In-Blue have a 5-1 edge over Pakistan traditionally.
“We will bowl first because of the weather and moisture in the pitch. The conditions suit us, we have four fast bowlers. We will try to use it to our best. Past is past, we are looking forward to today's match, we are ready and will give our 100%. Always a big game, our confidence is always high for India vs Pak. Azam Khan is resting,” said Babar at the toss.
“Would've bowled first too. We need to assess how conditions play and come up with an idea of what a good score is. Those games have helped us assess conditions here. We've spoken about what we need to do as a batting unit to get a good score and then we've got the bowling unit to defend. Every game is important in a World Cup, you can't just show up. Anything can happen. We're sticking to the same XI,” said Rohit at the toss.
India (Playing XI):
Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan (Playing XI):
Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir
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