India will take on Pakistan in what promises to be an electrifying Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday (February 15).
Some good news!
Currently, the skies are cloudy in Colombo. 94% humidity currently, with showers. The forecast is that rain will lighten up around 7 pm, with the chances of precipitation dropping to just 9 per cent.
Ahead of the contest, let’s compare the rankings, commercial value, and recent form of India and Pakistan.
Rankings
India is currently the top-ranked team in T20I and ODI cricket, while Pakistan is 4th and 6th, respectively. While both teams have had their struggles in Test cricket recently, India (4th) is still ahead of Pakistan (7th), and has played in two of the three World Test Championships so far.
India vs Pakistan Playing 11
Probable India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.
Probable Pakistan XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq.
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