Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan Confirms Their Playing XI Against India
The India vs Pakistan match is one of the most highly-anticipated encounter in world cricket and with the two sides facing each other in Asia Cup 2023 on Sunday, fans around the world are eagerly waiting for the contest.
During the pre-match press conference, skipper Babar Azam said that they will not be making any changes to the side that comprehensively defeated Nepal in the opening match of the competition.
Therefore, Pakistan will field an unchanged XI from the Nepal game for the high-profile clash against India. After a massive win to start off their Asia Cup campaign, Pakistan head to Pallekele to meet India on Saturday.
Babar Azam’s men are fielding an unchanged XI with a three-prong pace attack supported by three spin-bowling all-rounders.
Pakistan Playing XI:
Babar Azam (c), Shahdab Khan (vc), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.
Pakistan to field same playing XI tomorrow 🇵🇰#PAKvIND | #AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/qe18Ad6pF4
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 1, 2023
Pakistan eye T20 World Cup revenge
The last time Pakistan faced India was on October 23 of 2022, in the T20 World Cup in Australia, where Virat Kohli’s magical knock of 82 runs was enough for the team to succumb to a four-wicket loss at the MCG. It was however their third meeting that year. In the Asia Cup that preceded it, India beat Pakistan in the group-stage tie before the later avenged their defeat in the Super Four stage to show the Men in Blue the exit door in the tournament.
Overall, India hold the edge in Asia Cup meetings in the ODI format with a 7-5 win-loss record against Pakistan.
Looking at the data, India has won the series for the maximum times (1984, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018), followed by Sri Lanka (1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2022) and then Pakistan (2000, 2012).
Apart from this, India has been the runner-up in the series 3 times, Sri Lanka 5 times, Pakistan 3 times, and Bangladesh thrice
India have a few tricky calls to make for the big clash, notably with respect to where Ishan Kishan bats. The wicketkeeper batter is set to play in the XI with KL Rahul ruled out of the first couple of matches.
They would also either have to choose between Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur for the No.8 spot to lengthen the batting or go bowling heavy and play Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami alongside Kuldeep Yadav.
Here’s India’s squad for the series:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur
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