By Admin 
India vs Pakistan Match T20 World Cup: The Indian team has gone to Colombo (Sri Lanka) to play with Pakistan. Despite being the co-host of the tournament, Team India had to do this due to the hybrid model. Till now in the 2026 T20 World Cup, the toss has played a very important role in the outcome of the matches. The India-Pakistan match will start at 7 pm today, but half an hour before that it will be known what can happen on the field.
In fact, till now the toss has played a very important role in the T20 World Cup matches. Especially due to dew occurring in the evening, most teams have chosen to bowl first. Will there be dew in the match between India and Pakistan also? If India wins the toss and decides to chase later, what will be its chances of victory? Know here how important the toss will be in the India-Pak match.
How important will the toss be in the India-Pak match?
So far in this World Cup, 3 matches have been played at R Premadasa Stadium. In these, the team that won the toss chose to bowl twice and lost on both the occasions. Australia was the only team which chose to bat first at R Premadasa Stadium and defeated Ireland by 67 runs.
Since there is a possibility of rain during the India-Pakistan match, bowling in the second innings will not be easy at all. Due to wet field, bowlers will not be able to grip the ball.
History says something else
Even though 2 out of 3 results in this World Cup have gone against the team that decided to chase, the paper figures say something else. A total of 51 T20 matches have been played so far at R Premadasa Stadium, out of which the team batting first has emerged victorious on 22 occasions, while the team chasing has emerged victorious on 28 occasions. Here the winning percentage of the teams that win the toss and decide to bowl first is 54.90.
The chasing team has dominated in the last 11 matches played on this ground. In the last 11 T20 matches, the chasing team has won 8 times. If the weather does not interfere in the match, then the paper figures testify to the victory of the chasing team.