Rain has delayed the toss of the India vs. Pakistan ICC T20 World Cup game at the Eden Gardens in Kolkatta.
India wins the toss and they will field first. 18 overs a side game. India swaud unchanged.
7:55 p.m. – Good news: The rain has stopped and the toss is about to happen.
The match start time is 7:30 p.m. IST on Saturday, March 19, 2016.
Saurav Ganguli, who is doing a pitch report, says, the covers are being taken off, and a full match is expected.
The cut-off time for losing overs is 8:15 PM IST. For 5-over match, the cut-off time is 10:20 PM.
Almost all the covers from the ground are taken off, except for the main one.
Remember India has already lost their opening game against New Zealand. Loss or wash out of this game will cause them to exit the T20 World Cup 2016.
So this is a must win game for India even if it is reduced to 10 or five overs.
For this match Bollywood superstar, Amitabh Bachchan will sing the Indian national anthem. For Pakistan, there is singer Shafqat Amanat Ali.
The teams are:
India: MS Dhoni, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, HH Pandya, AM Rahane, SK Raina, V Kohli, R Ashwin, A Nehra, RG Sharma and Yuvraj Singh.
Pakistan : Anwar Ali, Imad Wasim, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz.
Star Sports will broadcast the match live in India and other Asian Countries. The live streaming can be watched at the official website of Star Sports here with a five minutes delay (One Over).
PTV Sports and Ten Sports will telecast the match for viewers in Pakistan. Watch the match live online on PTV Sports here or HERE.
Supersports in South Africa, Sky Sports in the U.K, Fox Sports in Australia and New Zealand.
In Bangladesh there will be BTV and Channel 9.
The highlights of this match can be watched at the Star Sports link after the game is over.
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