Australia will face Pakistan in a crucial match to be played at Bengaluru on 20 October 2023. It promises to be an exciting encounter as the 5 Time World Champions Australia registered their first win of the tournament defeating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets.
On the other hand, Pakistan suffered a shattering 7-wicket loss against arch-rivals India. Babar Azam and Co will need to play attacking cricket to defeat the Australian team. Their few key players are suffering from fever and might not play in this encounter.
Match Details
Details– Australia vs Pakistan, Match 18, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Venue– M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date and Time– 20th October, 2.00 PM IST
Head-to-Head
Australia and Pakistan faced a total of 107 ODI matches as the Men in Yellow won a total of 69 times, Pakistan on 34 occasions, 3 matches with no result, and 1 ending in a tie. It has been a superb performance by the Australian team facing Pakistan in ODI format.
Both teams met each other on 10 occasions in World Cup history since 1975. Australia won 6 times while Pakistan won 4 occasions. The last time these two met was during the 2019 edition of the World Cup with Australia winning by 41 runs.
Pitch Report
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru will host the first match of this World Cup. It promises to be a belter of pitch with little help to pacers. Pakistan played 2 matches at this venue with 1 win and 1 loss since 1999.
On the other hand, Australia played a total of 10 ODI matches with four wins, five losses, and 1 game ending in no result. A total of 26 ODI fixtures have been played at this venue with the team batting first winning 11 times while the team batting second won 12 times and one game ended in a tie and two games with no results.
The average score batting first at this venue is 260. The captain that wins the toss would likely field first and chase down the target.
Australia (Aus) vs Pakistan (Pak)- Predicted Playing XI
Australia
Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa.
Pakistan
Imam UL Haq, Abdullah Shafique/Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (C), Mohammed Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usama Mir/Shahbad Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali.
Fantasy Selection- Aus vs Pak
Team 1– Mitchell Marsh (C), Imam UL Haq, Steve Smith, Babar Azam (VC), Josh Inglis, Mohammed Rizwan, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Nawaz, Mitchell Starc, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Josh Hazlewood.
Team 2– David Warner, Abdullah Shafique, Marnus Labuschagne, Mohammed Rizwan (VC), Glenn Maxwell (C), Iftikhar Ahmed, Marcus Stoinis, Usama Mir, Pat Cummins, Haris Rauf, Adam Zampa.
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