Arch rivals Pakistan and India are set to meet in a historical 2016 ICC World Twenty20 match on March 19 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. MS Dhoni will be captaining Indian cricket team whereas Pakistan to play under Shahid Afridi’s captaincy in this wt20 game. India vs Pakistan match will start at 19:30 IST and 19:30 PKT.
Indian Playing 11
Though India lost their opening game of tournament against New Zealand, it is expected that Dhoni will not make changes to the playing line-up. Batting will be having power from Rohit, Dhikhar, Yuvraj, Kohli, Raina and captain cool himself at the bottom.
Ravi Ashwin, Jadeja, Bumrah, Nehra and Pandya will be the key bowlers for Men in Blue in the blockbuster match.
Pakistan Playing line-up
After wining finest match against Bangladesh, Pakistani skipper will hardly make any change to the winning playing XI. Shehzad, Malik, Sharjeel, Afridi, Umar, Sarfraz and Hafeez will be having responsibility to score runs big on this Kolkata’s batsmen supporting pitch.
Mohammad Amir, Irfan, Wahab will be having bowling responsibilities to restrict India under the small total.
The complete expected playing line-ups for Indo-Pak match are given below.
India vs Pakistan Probable Playing XIs
| India | Pakistan |
| MS Dhoni (Captain) | Shahid Afridi (Captain) |
| Rohit Sharma | Sharjeel Khan |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Ahmed Shehzad |
| Virat Kohli | Mohammad Hafeez |
| Yuvraj Singh | Shoaib Malik |
| Suresh Raina | Umar Akmal |
| Hardik Pandya | Sarfraz Ahmed |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Mohammad Amir |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Mohammad Irfan |
| Ashish Nehra | Wahab Riaz |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Anwar Ali |