PLAYING XI: PAKISTAN VS AUSTRALIA

 

18^th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is being played between Pakistan and Australia at Chinnaswamy stadium Bengaluru on 20^th October 2023. Pakistan is at the 4^th place on the points table with victory in two out of three clashes of the tournament. India hammered Pakistan and beat by seven wickets. On the other hand Australia, has lost two out of its three encounters of the tournament. In the previous match, Australia beat Srilanka to get their first points. Australia is at sixth position on the points table. 

The match is expected to be a high scoring match as the boundaries are short and pitch is flat. There is no chance of rain to interrupt the match. 

 Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first.

PAKISTAN XI

1.  Abdullah Shafique

2.  Imam-ul-Haq

3.  Babar Azam (c)

4.  Mohammad Rizwan †

5.  Saud Shakeel

6.  Iftikhar Ahmed

7.  Mohammad Nawaz

8.  Hasan Ali

9.  Shaheen Shah Afridi

10.              Haris Rauf

11.              Usama Mir

AUSTRALIA XI

1.  Mitchell Marsh

2.  David Warner

3.  Steven Smith

4.  Marnus Labuschagne

5.  Josh Inglis †

6.  Glenn Maxwell

7.  Marcus Stoinis

8.  Mitchell Starc

9.  Pat Cummins (c)

10.              Adam Zampa

11.              Josh Hazlewood