Who Won the Toss Today, AUS vs PAK World Cup 2023 Match 18: Australia vs Pakistan Match Toss Result on October 20

Who Won the Toss Today, AUS vs PAK World Cup 2023 Match 18: Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elect to bowl first against Pat Cummins's Australia in ICC World Cup 2023 Match 18 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday (October 20).

The match is scheduled for 2 PM IST at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday (October 20).

What the captains said at the AUS vs PAK toss?

Pakistan Captain, Babar Azam said, "We will bowl first. The pitch looks really good. We have had a couple of good sessions. We are hoping to do well. We need to do well in batting. We will try our best. Shadab is not playing. Usama comes in."

Australia captain Pat Cummins said, "We would have had a bowl as well. The energy was awesome even though they had a big partnership. The intent from our guys was excellent. The way we played against Lanka, we should do the same. The same. Everyone good to go."

AUS vs PAK ICC World Cup 2023: Playing XI

Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

Ian Bishop and Shane Watson: Glorious sunshine. Dimensions - 76 m straight, square almost equidistant (63m and 64m). This looks like a really nice surface. There's a really nice grass cover. It's rock hard, really good base to this surface, so the ball is gonna zip through for the fast bowlers very nicely. There's not going to be much purchase for the spinners at all. Deception is going to be their friend tonight. The last two nights, there's been a lot of dew on the ground, that's definitely going to be a factor.