USA captain Monank Patel has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in match 12 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning
“We will bowl first as it looks like a good batting track. We are hopeful of chasing down the total. We played a lot of good cricket against India. We will have to be good with the bat and ball to win against good teams. We had a great game against Pakistan in the last World Cup,” Monank Patel said.
Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha wants improvement across departments after a close win over the Netherlands.
“We need to improve, and we discussed with the players. We are going in the right direction and will continue playing good cricket,” he said.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Salman Ali Agha (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Shadab Khan, 6 Usman Khan (wk), 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Usman Tariq, 11 Abrar Ahmed
United States of America: 1 Andries Gous (wk), 2 Shayan Jahangir, 3 Monank Patel (capt), 4 Milind Kumar, 5 Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 6 Shubham Ranjane, 7 Harmeet Singh, 8 Mohammad Mohsin, 9 Shadley van Schalkwyk, 10 Ehsan Adil, 11 Saurabh Netravalkar
Toss Result Today – Pakistan vs USA ICC T20 World Cup 2026
Q1: Who won the toss today in Pakistan vs USA ICC T20 World Cup 2026 match?
USA captain Monank Patel has won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Q2: What was the toss time today?
The toss took place at 06:30 PM IST.
Q3: Why did the captain choose to bowl first?
Monank Patel has opted to bowl first because of the chasing history.
Q4: Where is today’s match being played?
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo