NEW DELHI: England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan in the 44th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
England are unchanged, while Pakistan replaced Hasan Ali with Shadab Khan in their playing XI.
After winning the toss, Buttler said, "We gonna bat first. Looks a good wicket, looks a bit dry and we want to make first use of it. We are going with the same team today. We are playing well together and would look to justice to ourselves. (On David Willey) Emotional day for him, he has been great for us. So, we talked about trying to enjoy it and take it all in."
After losing the toss, Pakistan captain Babar Azam said, "We wanted to bat first, but toss is not in our hands. We have good bowlers and we would look to bowl them out cheaply. We have one change - Hasan Ali is not playing and Shadab Khan comes in his place."
England XI: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid
Pakistan XI: Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf
