ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, India vs Pakistan, live blog: Babar Azam wins toss, opts to bowl first

India vs Pak: The Indian openers – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – are out in the middle. Shaheen Shah Afridi to open the bowling for Pakistan. Under these overcast conditions! It’s game time.

India vs Pak, 8:44 PM IST: The players are out for the national anthems.

India vs Pak, 8:35 PM IST: Okay, maybe not. Play is set to begin at 8:50 PM IST. No overs lost.

India vs Pak, 8:30 PM IST: The covers are back on. Sigh, looks like we are in for a long night.

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India vs Pak: With overcast conditions and the New York pitch’s reputation of aiding fast bowlers, Pakistan’s pacers have an advantage with the new ball. India have a huge challenge at their hands to navigate the initial overs.

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

Toss: Pakistan win the toss and opt to field first.

India vs Pak, 7:54 PM IST: BCCI confirms that the toss will take place at 10:30 AM Local Time (08.00...

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