England will be up against Pakistan in 45th match of the ICC 2026 WT20. This match will be played in Pallekele. England will be led by Harry Brook. England have done well in this edition and despite not playing to their potential they are managing to pick up the wins. Their batting looks solid and will look to fire in this game. They also have players who can adapt to different conditions. They won three out of the four matches in group stage and won the first Super 8 match against Sri Lanka by 51 runs.

On the other hand, Pakistan also had three wins and a loss in four matches in group stage. They suffered a defeat to India but did well in the remaining games. Their previous Super 8 match against New Zealand ended in a no result so they will be keen to get some action this time around. Salman Agha will lead the Pakistan side for this England vs Pakistan match prediction. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.

300x300 England vs Pakistan Match Details

Series

ICC Men’ T20 World Cup 2026

Match

England vs Pakistan, Match 45

Toss

To be updated

Venue

Pallekele Stadium, Pallekele

Match Timings

7:00 pm IST, 24th February

Live Streaming

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England vs Pakistan Stats

Player

Team

Performance

 

Jos Buttler

 

England

 

4010 runs

 

Sahibzada Farhan

 

Pakistan

 

1142 runs

 

Adil Rashid

 

England

 

158 wickets

England vs Pakistan Probable Playing XI

England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq If you're a gamer and like to predict matches, then play on Stake, using SportsTiger's special promo code which will help you with 200% deposit bonus - TIGSTA.

England vs Pakistan Dream11 Captaincy Picks

Will Jacks has done well in this WT20 and scored 21 runs while also picking up three wickets in the previous match. He will be a captaincy pick for ENG vs PAK Dream11 match

S Farhan has plenty of experience in the shorter format and has scored a century against Namibia. He will be a top pick in ENG vs PAK Dream11 match. 1220x90

England vs Pakistan Match winner

Pakistan knows the conditions well since they played all their matches in Sri Lanka but England have the H2H advantage and recent form, England are expected to win this match.