Colombo: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first against India in a blockbuster match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Shatab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Khan(w), Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.
head-to-head
Historically, the two teams have faced each other 16 times in the shortest span, with India holding the head-to-head record with 13 wins, while Pakistan has won three times.
Their last meeting took place in the previous edition of the T20 World Cup, when India successfully defended the 120-run target by 6 runs against Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
In the T20 World Cup, the two teams have met eight times, with India leading 7-1.
Matches: 16
India: 13
Pakistan: 3
Form Guide
Pakistan and India enter the much-anticipated match with the desired momentum in their favor as the Green Shirts are on a five-match winning streak in the shortest format, while the Men in Blue have just one defeat in their last five completed T20Is.
Also, both the teams are unbeaten after their first two matches in the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan finished second in the Group A standings with four points from two matches, beating a spirited Netherlands before defeating the United States (USA).
Pakistan: W, W, W, W, W (Most recent first)
India: W, W, W, L, W