India bring back Abhishek, Kuldeep

Sun, 15 February 2026

18:41

It could turn out to be a battle of spinners on a pitch not easy for the batters.

Pakistan have a four-man spin attack in Usman Tariq, Shadab Khan, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz.

On the other hand, India have also bolstered their spin department by including Kuldeep Yadav to partner Varun Chakravarthy.

Check out the playing XIs:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w/k), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.

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

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