Pakistan win toss, opt to field in 2nd T20I against India

AHMEDABAD: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first in the second Twenty20 International against India here at the Sardar Patel Stadium on Friday.

Pakistani captain Mohammad Hafeez said the team’s energy was great in the first match and he was hoping that the performance would be the same for the second T20.

Pakistan made no change in the team which won the first T20I by five wickets on Tuesday at Bangalore while India made only one change in their side as Ravichandran Ashwin replaced Ravindra Jadeja.

Teams:
India; Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (captain & wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda.

Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Kamran Akmal (wk), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan.

Umpires: S Ansari and VA Kulkarni, TV Umpire; C Shamsuddin, Reserve Umpire: PG Pathak.
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka).