T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan opts to field against the Netherlands

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Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi with his teammates earlier  the commencement  of the ICC T20 World Cup lucifer  against Netherlands successful  Colombo connected  February 7, 2026

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi with his teammates earlier the commencement of the ICC T20 World Cup lucifer against Netherlands successful Colombo connected February 7, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP

Pakistan skipper Salman Agha won the flip and opted to tract against the Netherlands successful the opening lucifer of the T20 World Cup successful Colombo connected Saturday (February 7, 2026).

Salman said his squad would privation to usage the caller transportation archetypal and instrumentality vantage of the moisture if any.

"Fresh pitch, rainfall whitethorn beryllium around. We privation to usage moisture. First clip I've seen this overmuch writer successful Sri Lanka. We are playing 3 seamers," said Salman.

Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards said helium would besides person opted to vessel had helium won the flip but blessed to bat also.

Teams:

Pakistan: Salman Agha (c), Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Usman Khan (w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c/w), Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Zach Lion Cachet, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Paul van Meekeren.

Published - February 07, 2026 11:08 americium IST

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