Since India and Pakistan don’t play bilaterals anymore, any match between these two arch rivals in the continental or the world tournaments is met with huge anticipation and build up and the upcoming India Vs Pakistan game in the Asia Cup 2022 is no different in terms of anticipation.
Although the first India Vs Pakistan game in the Asia Cup 2022 won’t decide the fate of the two teams, as they will still have another game to play against Hong Kong in their group and both teams can qualify to the Super 4 round by beating Hong Kong even if they lose their first game.
But, the first game will be about the psychological advantage, as the winner will definitely be able to bring a “feel good” factor in their group and will draw a whole lot of confidence going forward in the tournament.
Pitch report for India Vs Pakistan game
India and Pakistan will play this game in Dubai, which is the same venue where they had played their previous game in the T20 World Cup last year. No team will want to bat first because the Dubai pitch is often notorious at the beginning of the game and then settles down as the game advances. There is a bit of hold and seam in the surface early on and batting first doesn’t prove to be ideal on this surface most of the time.
Dubai is ready for India Vs Pakistan on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/cncc8tMteJ
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 26, 2022
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Probable XIs
India
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Pakistan
Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah
Final prediction for India Vs Pakistan game
The final prediction is for India to beat Pakistan in their opening game of Asia Cup 2022 and inch closer to the super 4 round of the tournament.
