Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs India

The toss in Dubai turned out to be a formality with Pakistan surprisingly choosing to bat first after Salman Agha called it right. Dubai has usually been a venue for chasing under lights. The chasing team has won the last three T20I meetings between these two sides at this venue - Pakistan twice and India once. Yet Pakistan have decided to bat first and trust their spinners to defend the total.

India were looking to bowl anyway. And they have retained the XI that they used in their first game against UAE, which meant Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy were both part of their attack again. Pakistan also stuck with their XI from their game against Oman, meaning Haris Rauf remained on the bench.

Pakistan : 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3

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