The rain has finally arrived and kept the highly anticipated game between India and Pakistan stopped at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
India had accumulated a total of 147 runs losing two wickets in 24.1 overs before the rain arrived. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul remain on the crease on 8 and 17 respectively.
Earlier being asked to bat first, India got a flying start on the basis of the opening pair between skipper Rohit Sharma and his fellow Shubman Gill, collecting 121 runs.
Rohit hit a 56-run knock from 49 balls before being sent back to the pavilion by Shadab Khan. Gill departed from the very next over of Shaheen Afridi on his 58 off 52.
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh in their first match in the Super Four. Today they are going against India with the same XI of that match. On the other hand, there have been two changes in the Indian camp. Lokesh Rahul will play in place of Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah has come in place of Mohammad Shami.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Lokesh Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan Playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
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