It is a delightful year for the cricket fans in India and Pakistan as the arch-rivals will face each other in the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 which is set to commence on 27th August.
The continental tournament is taking place in UAE, which was also the host for the last edition of Asia Cup in 2018.
The much-awaited India vs Pakistan clash will take place on 28th August at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
India will look forward to taking revenge for last year’s 10 wicket defeat by a clinical performance from Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. Both India and Pakistan will go into the Asia Cup clash without their key pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Afridi, respectively. Shaheen Afridi ripped apart India’s top order in last year’s clash.
Things are a little different this time. Pakistan is surely in a good and confident form but India has been on a whole different level after their poor outing in the 2021 T20 World Cup. They haven’t lost any T20I series and are currently at the No.1 spot in the ICC T20I team ranking.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma also led the team in the Asia Cup 2018 in the absence of former captain Virat Kohli. India lifted the 7th Asia Cup trophy in 2018 and is the most successful team in the tournament’s history.
The most awaited match of the Asia Cup, India vs Pakistan clash will take place on Sunday 28th August.
The Group A opener match between India and Pakistan will be a T20I match as the tournament is following the T20 format in this edition.
Date: August 28, 2022
Day: Sunday
Time: 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM GMT, 06:00 PM LOCAL
Dubai International Cricket Stadium will host the epic battle India vs Pakistan on 28th August. The last time both these teams met was also on the same venue when Pakistan won by 10 wickets.
The pitch here offers a balanced game with average 1st innings score around 150. Teams bowling first have a slight upper hand in the winning record.
Capacity - 25,000
Ends - Emirates Road End, Dubai Sports City End
Here are the full squads of India and Pakistan for the upcoming Asia Cup 2022. Both the teams are placed in Group A.
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan
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, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
We have predicted playing 11 combinations for the India vs Pakistan match.
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usman Qadir, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Hasnain
Total | Ind Win | Pak Win | No-result | |
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In T20Is | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
In Asia Cup | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
At Dubai Stadium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
In India, Star Sports Network has the official rights to broadcast Asia Cup 2022 matches.
To watch the Asia Cup 2022 live streaming on the internet, you can go to the Hotstar+Disney app or website.
For Pakistan viewers, Ten Sports and PTV will be the broadcasters of the Asia Cup 2022.