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WT20: Australia bat first against Pakistan

MOHALI: Australian skipper Steve Smith has won the toss and chose to bat first against Pakistan in a do-or-die game of Group-2 in ICC WT20 2016 at t Mohali Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium Mohali, Chandigarh, and TheNewsTribe.com will bring ball by ball updates of the game.

Steven Smith, Australia captain: “Big couple of games coming up. We have two changes. Finch in for Mitch Marsh. Hazlewood for Hastings.

Shahid Afridi, (un)retiring Pakistan captain: I think batting first is good idea, but does not matter. Today’s match is more important for us. The boys know the importance of this game. Mohammad Irfan is resting. Wahab is back. I haven’t taken any decision [on the retirement]. I will do it in front of my nation.

Australia XI: U Khawaja, A Finch, D Warner, S Smith, S Watson, G Maxwell, J Faulkner, P Nevill, A Zampa, N Coulter-Nile, J Hazlewood

Pakistan XI: A Shehzad, S Khan, K Latif, U Akmal, S Malik, S Ahmed, S Afridi, I Wasim, M Amir, Wahab Riaz, M Sami

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