T20 World Cup: Pakistan opts to bat against New Zealand in Super 8 match, delayed due to rain

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Pakistan's skipper Salman Ali Agha (right) shakes hands with New Zealand's skipper Mitchel Santner (left) aft the coin flip of the T20 World Cup cricket lucifer betwixt New Zealand and Pakistan successful Colombo, Sri Lanka, connected February 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

Pakistan skipper Salma Ali Agha won the flip and elected to bat against New Zealand successful a T20 World Cup Super 8 lucifer successful Colombo connected Saturday (February 21, 2026).

Due to dense rainfall successful Colombo, the lucifer has been delayed until further notice.

Pakistan made 1 change, bringing successful Fakhar Zaman successful spot of Khawaja Nafay.

New Zealand made 3 changes with skipper Mitchell Santner backmost aft missing the past lucifer against Canada owed to a tummy contented and Lockie Ferguson and Ish Sodhi besides uncovering a spot successful the XI.

Teams:

New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Jimmy Neesham, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson.

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq.

Published - February 21, 2026 07:12 p.m. IST

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