The match will start at 3 pm
Palekal (EMS). There will be an important match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup cricket tournament on Saturday. This match will be watched by fans all over the world. In this match, everyone is expecting a tough fight between the batsmen of the Indian team and the Pakistani bowlers. The Indian team is known for its strong batting while the Pakistani team is known for its aggressive bowling. This match becomes even more important in view of the upcoming World Cup because both the teams will know their preparations through this. In this match, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will face Pakistan’s fast bowlers like Shine Afridi and Haris Rauf. In such a situation, the real test of the skills of the Indian batsmen will be on the bouncy pitch here.
This time the Asia Cup is being held in 50 overs format, which will also give the teams playing in it an opportunity to assess their preparations for the ODI World Cup. The match between India and Pakistan has a special attraction for the organizers and cricket lovers. While the organizers get huge revenue from this match, the fans also get to watch an exciting game. Players who perform well in this match also become favorites of their teams.
Team India training ahead of their blockbuster clash against Pakistan tomorrow!#AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/KAwmGXv4I8
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 1, 2023
Apart from captain Rohit, the Indian team’s batting in this match will be based on Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, while the bowling command will be with the returning Jaspit Bumrah. Indian fans will expect Virat, Rohit and Shubman Gill to score runs on Pak bowlers Rauf, Shaheen and Naseem Shah in this match. At the same time, Pak fans would like bowlers like Shaheen and Rauf to bowl stormy. Both the teams are still in doubt about their middle order. Indian team’s wicket-keeper batsman Lokesh Rahul will not play in this match, in such a situation, Ishaan Kishan is sure to get a place in his place as wicket-keeper batsman. Ishan is expected to play in the middle as the management rarely changes the top order. Ishaan can be fielded at number four or five in place of Rahul.
On the other hand, the Pak team is also troubled by the weakness of their middle order. He lacks experienced players for this position in ODIs. Since World Cup 2019, Pakistan has played only 29 ODIs while India has played 57 matches. Pakistan played 12 out of 29 matches this year. The bats of his top three batsmen Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman Run and Imamul Haq have run fiercely. Wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has also not been able to score many runs in ODI format while he has a lot of runs in T20.
Usama Mir, Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman have also not been able to score more runs so far. In such a situation, the responsibility of increasing the pace of runs falls on number seven batsman Iftikhar Ahmed and number eight Shadab Khan. Both of them have scored runs in the lower order.
On the other hand, if we talk about bowling, the Indian attack has become better than before with the return of Jasprit Bumrah. The arrival of the young famous Krishna has also given the team an option. Both of them came back and bowled well against Ireland but it remains to be seen whether they can replicate the same effect in the ODI format. Apart from this, the Indian team also has experienced Mohammed Shami and Siraj. The Indian team has the selection of Ravindra Jadeja as a spin all-rounder as he is a good batsman and can play big innings at number seven as well. For the second spinner, one of Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel will get a place. Kuldeep has taken a lot of wickets, so his claim is stronger than Akshar. All-rounder Pandya will also have to bowl and bat well in this match.
This time the Meteorological Department has predicted rain on Saturday, which may dash the hopes of the fans of both the teams because no extra day has been kept for this match. So fans will pray that the weather is fine.
Probable final eleven of both:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Imamul Haq, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Shine Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.
Source: dainikbhaskarup.com
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