India vs Pakistan playing 11: See likely playing eleven of arch-rivals ahead of match today

The much-anticipated ICC T20 World Cup 2021 India Versus Pakistan match will be played on Monday. Ahead of the match, (Saturday 23 October), the Pakistan team announced twelve players which will also comprise of its playing eleven.

The Pakistan team Captain Babar Aazam may select his best eleven for the match to be played today and while dropping one player.

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Prior to this, India has won T20 World Cup games under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Under his leadership India has won all the T20 games played in the World Cup against Pakistan.  

Dhoni may have retired from the T20 international games, yet he is still associated with the team as a mentor. He will be providing guidance to the Indian team from the dressing room. His vast experience and astute cricketing sense is expected to help the Indian team.

Many Explosive batters part of the Indian line-up:   

The Indian batting line-up comprises of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul at the top. They will be followed by Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant. This is an enviable line-up which could pale the likes of Afridi, Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan.

If Hardik Pandya is playing as a batsman, then India might have some difficulty with the sixth bowler. The Indian bowling line-up has Jaspreet Bumrah, Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, and Varun Chakravarthy.

 This is the expected playing 11 of both the teams:

India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (C),Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi.