USA opt to bowl against Pakistan in T20 World Cup match

2026-02-10 - 13:16

United States of America skipper Monank Patel has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Pakistan in the 12th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Colombo on Tuesday evening. This is the first match under lights at this ground. Green shirts have won their first match against the Netherlands. In their first encounter of the tournament, the USA pushed host India to the brink in a losing cause. Pakistan Playing XI: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Salman Ali Agha (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Shadab Khan, 6 Usman Khan (wk), 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Usman Tariq, 11 Abrar Ahmed United States of America Playing XI: 1 Andries Gous (wk), 2 Shayan Jahangir, 3 Monank Patel (capt), 4 Milind Kumar, 5 Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 6 Shubham Ranjane, 7 Harmeet Singh, 8 Mohammad Mohsin, 9 Shadley van Schalkwyk, 10 Ehsan Adil, 11 Saurabh Netravalkar