World Cup 2023 Pakistan vs Netherlands: Pitch report and Squad update

Pakistan will kickstart their 2023 World Cup journey against Netherlands at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, from 02:00 pm 6th OCT. However, the toss will take place at 01:30 pm.

This will be the second match of Pakistan in Hyderabad as the team led by Babar Azam participated in a warm-up match with Australia, which Pakistan lost by six overs to spare after posting 345 against New Zealand, before conceding 351 against Australia.

Here is all you need to know about the pitch of the stadium for today

The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is expected to be a batsmen friendly surface the wicket here is considered to be a flat track, which tends to slow down as the game progresses. The average first inning total at this stadium is 291 runs.

Pakistan ICC World Cup 2023 Squad:

Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel/Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.

Netherlands ICC World Cup 2023 Squad:

Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (capt and wk), Ryan Klein, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Shariz Ahmed and Paul van Meekeren.