Asia Cup 2022: Match Preview of India vs Pakistan

The Asia Cup 2022 starts today, the first match will be played between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. However, the cricket fans are super excited for the India-Pakistan match that will be taking place on August 28 in Dubai. India, Pakistan and Hong Kong are placed in Group A whereas Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are placed in Group B. The venues of the Asia Cup are Dubai and Sharjah.

India is the most successful team in Asia Cup as it has won 7 titles in total. The second most successful team in Sri Lanka with 5 titles and Pakistan is at the third position having won 2 titles.

India playing against Pakistan in any tournament has always levelled up the excitement among the fans. The former has defeated the latter 8 times out of 14. Last time when both the teams clashed, Pakistan won the match by 10 wickets in the T20 World Cup 2021.

Let’s have a look at the preview for tomorrow’s much-anticipated game.

Asia Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan match preview

The BCCI has announced the squad for the tournament recently. Jasprit Bumrah couldn’t be a part of the tournament due to an injury. Virat Kholi will be joining the squad after a very long time and all the eyes are laid on him. It’s expected that he’ll regain his form in the tournament. Rohit Sharma will be leading the team and will try to win the title for the ninth time. If India wins this time, it will be a hat-trick of titles.

The Pakistan cricket board (PCB) has also announced their squad. Their star bowler Shaheen Afridi won’t be playing due to a knee injury and it’s a disadvantage for the team to a huge level. Shaheen Afridi had a terrific performance last year against India that helped Pakistan win. Mohammad Wasim is also suffering from a back injury but he has taken part in three of the training sessions of the team. The Pakistani fans will want Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to score maximum runs. The squad is a lot improved and can prove to be a major threat to India.

Squads

India

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

Standby: Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer

Pakistan

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain

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