Pakistan will play their one and only warm-up match before the T 20 World Cup on March 14, 2016. The Men in Green will lock horns with Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. The match will begin at 03.00 PM IST.
Pakistan was expected to play their first warm-up match against Bengal three days back. But the team obtained the permission to play in India a just a couple of days back, and this restricted their warm-up count to one.
There is no live telecast of this match, but you can view the scores online by visiting ESPN CricInfo or the official website of Star Sports.
Once the World Cup final round starts, PTV Sports will show all matches live in Pakistan. Star Sports and Sky Sports will be telecasting the matches in India and United Kingdom respectively.
Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka are not at their best in the recent days. Both of them faced bitter defeats in the recently concluded Asia Cup.
If we analyze both the teams, Pakistan has a bit upper hand; thanks to their ferocious bowling department led by Mohammed Amir.
Sri Lanka has lost their first warm-up match against New Zealand, and this clearly indicates the wrong form of the team. The team is blessed with talents, but most of them fail to show their mettle completely on the ground.
Pakistan batted first after winning the toss. Latest score was 39/1 in six over. Follow live scores here.
Like all the times, dressing room of Pakistan is not at all peaceful as they are getting ready for the World Cup final rounds.
Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan Skipper, has some issues with Waqar Yonis, the head coach, and many reports claim that the tiff is due to the inclusion of Salman Butt in the World Cup squad.
Pitch in Eden Gardens is flat, and in all probabilities, this match will be a run feast. The team who win the toss will not have any hesitation to bat first.