T20 World Cup: USA win toss, opt to field against Pakistan

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Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi arrives astatine the commencement of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup radical signifier lucifer betwixt Pakistan and the USA astatine the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Ground successful Colombo connected February 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP

The USA skipper Monank Patel won the flip and elected to tract successful a T20 World Cup Group A lucifer against Pakistan successful Colombo connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026).

"It looks similar a bully batting way and accordant breeze. Once we cognize the target, it volition beryllium easier to pursuit down," said Patel astatine the toss.

Pakistan had beaten the Netherlands successful their archetypal match, but the USA went down against India successful Mumbai.

Teams:

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

USA: Andries Gous(w), Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel(c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil, Saurabh Netravalkar.

Published - February 10, 2026 07:17 p.m. IST

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