In the 2023 Asia Cup Super 4 toss, Pakistan chose to bowl, and KL Rahul took the place of Shreyas Iyer

In the current Asia Cup 2023, India and Pakistan are playing each other for the second time. On Sunday in Colombo, the men in blue take the field in the Super Four round of the competition against their bitter rivals. Rohit Sharma and company will attempt to play better with the bat as they take against a formidable Pakistan pace attack, lead by Shaheen Shah Afridi, unlike their previous group-stage match. Babar Azam & Co., on the other hand, join the competition after crushing Bangladesh and want to maintain their winning streak in the continental competition.

Babar Azam chose to bowl first against India on Sunday after winning the coin toss. A day before the match, the men in green announced their starting lineup, naming the same lineup.

“We’ll start bowling. I believe there is some moisture, and we should make advantage of it. ever, India Pakistan is quite competitive, but we’ll go match by match. We are performing well as a team and are focused on this game. Babar said after calling the toss, “No changes.

Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian squad, said that his group has always preferred to bat first. Jasprit Bumrah rejoined the team after being absent from the last match against Nepal, while KL Rahul took Shreyas Iyer’s spot.”Trying to take the lead. There will be a battle up front, but we feel confident because of how we batted the previous time. Every game is significant to us, but we must concentrate on one thing at a time. (On rain delays) That’s just how sports work; it provided us plenty of time to practice, and now we’ll try to perform well. Bumrah is back, and Shreyas Iyer had to be replaced by KL Rahul due to a back spasm, according to Rohit.

The playing XIs are as follows:

Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (w), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Haris Rauf are Pakistani players.

India: Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (w), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj.