India vs Pakistan - Match Preview: The most awaited clash of the year is finally happening on Sunday, August 28 as India is set to face their arch-rivals Pakistan in match no. 2 of the Asia Cup 2022 from 7:30 PM in Dubai.
This is, however, the first game of Group B and, the second match of the tournament. Toss will happen at 7 PM IST while the match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
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India vs Pakistan: Match 2 Preview
Match Details:-
Match: India vs Pakistan - Match 2 (Group A)
Venue: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
Date & Time: August 28, 2022 at 7:30 PM (IST)
Where to Watch Live: Star Sports Network and JIO TV.
Pitch Report: India vs Pakistan: Match 2 Preview
The match will be played in Dubai. The pitch out here is pretty even with a good amount of assistance for batters and bowlers. Spinners get good purchases due to their slow nature. 140 is the average score.
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Head to Head Stats: (T20I)
Matches Played: 09
Won by India: 07
Won by Pakistan: 02
Team News:
India:
Team India is all ready for their first match of the Asia Cup 2022 against Pakistan. Rohit Sharma will lead the side while KL Rahul is set to be his deputy. The important news from the side is head coach Rahul Dravid, who returned Covid positive is replaced by former Indian batter VVS Laxman. However, now VVS will guide India in the Asia Cup.
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel both will miss the entire tournament owing to two different injuries. However, the squad is looking good with KL Rahul back in the side and Arshdeep Singh got a chance in place of the injured Bumrah.
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Pakistan:
For Pakistan, it's back-to-back bad news as seamer Md. Wasim Jr will miss out on the entire tournament along with Sheehan Afridi, who is already out of the tournament with injury. Pacer Hasan Ali and Mohammed Hasnain were called up as replacements for these two injured Pakistani pacers.
They will definitely miss the service of Shaheen Afridi as we all know what role he played for Pakistan in the last year's T20 World Cup. However, Babar Azam will lead the side and is set to open with opening his partner Rizwan. An exciting T20 game is waiting for us on Sunday.
India vs Pakistan: Match 2: Possible Playing XI
India:
Rohit Sharma (C)
KL Rahul
Virat Kohli
Suryakumar Yadav
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravichandran Ashwin / Dinesh Karthik
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Yuzvendra Chahal
Pakistan:
Babar Azam (C)
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Fakhar Zaman
Haider Ali
Khushdil Shah
Mohammad Nawaz
Shadab Khan
Haris Rauf
Naseem Shah
Usman Qadir
Shahnawaz Dahani
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Match 2: Fantasy Cricket Dream11 Team Prediction: India vs Pakistan:
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