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Match details

India v Pakistan

Pallekele International Stadium, Pallekele

3pm IST (local)

IND vs PAK: Live score, news and updates

Washed out! That’s it. The game has been abandoned.

The teams will share points. Pakistan now have three, with a net run-rate of +4.760. India are one, Nepal are zero.

Even if the rain stopped this moment, it would have taken 45 minutes to get the ground ready. The players are shaking hands.

Looks like we could lose out on what could have been an enthralling second innings. It can get so frustrating for the players, just sitting and hoping for the showers to subside. Rain, still cricket’s biggest enemy.

10.27pm local time is the cutoff for a 20-over game, the shortest match possible. That’s just under an hour from now. It will require the rain to halt soon, and massive work from the groundstaff, to get a game here.

Just as we say this, the rain is back.

After a significant rain delay that followed the innings break, the players are heading out of the dugouts while the umpires assess the field.

The official announcement is yet to be made, but the game is expected to be shortened to 25-30 overs.

All out! India fold for 266. Will this be enough?

Miscalculation on Babar’s part?

Jadeja and Thakur fall without much contribution, leaving the rest of the tail with a mountain to climb. They still have five overs to go though.

So much for India’s batting depth…

Pandya falls too! A slower ball, and Shaheen Afridi does the trick. A 119kph, and Pandya just tapped it to short cover. A fine knock though, but a much-needed breakthrough for Pakistan. This could change things.

Kishan goes! What a knock! An 81-ball 82 forged a tremendous counter-attack, hauling India out of a hole and past 200. With Jadeja and Thakur still to go, India could be looking at a competitive total.

Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan have stemmed the flow of wickets since, putting on a useful stand. The rain has been peeking, with a couple of breaks since, but the initial swing has disappeared.

Shreyas Iyer looked in good touch, but couldn’t send a short ball past the fielder. Haris Rauf had his second wicket when Shubman Gill‘s off stump was knocked out.

Virat Kohli departs! Well, well! What a post-rain session this is turning out to be for Pakistan. The ball is seaming around, and the Indian batters are crumbling. Shaheen gets the big man!

Shaheen draws first blood! After a brief rain break, he sent one through Rohit Sharma’s defences, giving Pakistan their first wicket. He nearly had him off the second ball of the game.

Toss: India won the toss and bat first.

India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav

Pakistan XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

2.00pm IST: There’s rain close to the venue, but the conditions are still overcast in Pallekele.

1.00pm IST: Conditions remain overcast in Kandy, but it isn’t raining as yet. Good news so far.

11.30am IST: We’re about three hours away from the toss. Pakistan are currently at the top with a win against Nepal, and a massive net run-rate of 4.760.

10:15am IST: The weather seems to be fine for now, with no rain in Pallekele. Things could change quickly though!

7.45pm IST: Pakistan have named their XI for the India clash. They are unchanged from the side that faced Nepal.

Pakistan XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

IND vs PAK live: News, updates, and playing XI

India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

India would be without KL Rahul, who has been ruled out of the first two games of the Asia Cup. In his absence, Ishan Kishan found a spot in the middle order, and take up wicketkeeping responsibilities.

Pakistan XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

The match will be a precursor to the much-awaited clash between the two at the ODI World Cup later this year. India are set to play Pakistan at the Narendra Modi International Stadium in Ahmedabad, on October 14.

IND vs PAK: What is the latest weather update?

Rain could play spoilsport, with showers forecast around the game in Pallekele. Follow all the updates on the rain here.

Head-to-head: Here’s the head-to-head record between India and Pakistan at the Asia Cup.

IND vs PAK: When and where to watch live?

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