1992 World Cup winners, Pakistan will kick start their World Cup 2023 campaign against the Netherlands at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Men in Green haven’t been in the best of form ahead of the marquee tournament after a poor result in the Asia Cup and two consecutive defeats in the warm-up games. On the other hand, the Netherlands will hope to push for an upset win after a great performance in the World Cup qualifiers. Playing XI of Pakistan Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf Playing XI of Netherlands Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (c) (wk), Roelof van der Merwe, Logan Van Beek, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meerken