New Delhi: Today i.e. on Friday 20th October, Australia is going to face Pakistan in the World Cup 2023. Today’s match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 2 pm. The toss of the match will take place half an hour earlier i.e. at 1:30 pm.
If Australia wins today, it will be its third consecutive win against Pakistan in the World Cup. Earlier, in the ODI World Cup played in 2015, the Kangaroo team had won over Pakistan by 6 wickets and in 2019 by 41 runs.
Fourth match of both teams today
This is the fourth match of both the teams in this World Cup. Australia has lost two of its first three matches and won one so far. Whereas Pakistan has won two matches and lost one. Where Australia was defeated by India by 6 wickets and South Africa by 134 runs. The team won its match against Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. Here, Pakistan has defeated Netherlands and Sri Lanka but it had to face a huge defeat against India by 7 wickets.
head-to-head
If seen, a total of 107 ODIs have been played between Australia and Pakistan. Australia has won 69 times and Pakistan has won 34 times. There have been three matches with no result and one match also tied. Now if we talk about ODI World Cup, there have been a total of 10 matches between these two. Out of which Australia has won 6 and Pakistan has won 4.
what does the pitch say
However, the pitch of Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium is generally considered suitable for batting. A total of 26 ODI matches have been played on this ground so far. In which the team batting first has won 11 matches and the team chasing the target has won 12 matches. Two matches remained inconclusive and one was tied. Here the average score of the first inning is 260 runs. Although sometimes the spinners have also got help from the pitch.
today’s weather
Today the weather of Bengaluru will not be completely clear, there will be slight changes here. Today the wind speed will be 11 kilometers per hour. There is a 4% chance of rain. Which means that today the spectators will be able to fully enjoy the match.
Probable playing-11 of both the teams
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf.