Bengaluru: Pakistan opted to field after winning the toss in a match against Australia on Friday here at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
It is the fourth game for both of the teams while Pakistan won the two matches and lost the match against India.
Australia lost two matches and won the third one.
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Pakistan have won the toss and decided to field first 🏏
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Pakistan changed one player today as Osama Mir replaced Shadab Khan.
Pakistan skipper termed the pitch at the Chinnaswamy stadium “good”, sharing his team’s plan is to take early wickets and put Australia under pressure.
He added his side is now confident after a couple of good sessions and time to rest. Babar, however, spoke about the Green Shirts’ need to bat better, as they didn’t perform well against the arch-rivals India.
Meanwhile, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins said his side would have bowled first too had they won the toss, but were also fine with batting.
The Australian captain found the wicket “really good” and spoke about his team’s energy against Sri Lanka during their last win in the event. Cummins hopes his team will display the same performance against Pakistan as well.
“Same side, everyone’s good to go,” he said.
