Asia Cup 2022 – India vs Pakistan, match preview, predicted lineups
India and Pakistan meet each other in Asia Cup 2022 opener for both sides as the tournament moves ahead. Both teams will be looking for a win here.
Date & Time : 28th August 2022, 6:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
India after a good few recent series will aim for a victory in the Asia Cup to demonstrate their dominance. They will look to play their brand of cricket.
For the squad, India have named a strong one as usual with them needing game plan to succeed. They will look to get large totals and challenge the opposition.
Captain Rohit Sharma and the coach will need to strategise as per the conditions as they will aim to win games of cricket.
On the other hand, Pakistan know their rivals well and they will be eager to kickstart their campaign and win the trophy. They will look to play quality cricket.
Pakistan have a strong squad and with their quality they should be able to get the runs needed and deliver in their strongest part i.e bowling.
Captain Babar Azam and coach Saqlain Mushtaq know their job to deliver and they will strategise accordingly.
As for the wicket, it will be a good one for bowling.
Team news and possible lineups
There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.
India XI : R. Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Kohli, S. Yadav, Pant (WK), H. Pandya, D. Karthik, R. Jadeja, B. Kumar, A. Singh, Chahal.
Pakistan XI : Zaman, Rizwan (WK), B. Azam (C), K. Shah, H. Ali, Nawaz, S. Khan, Rauf, N. Shah, Qadir, Dahani.
Prediction
It’s tough to predict the outcome of this game, may the team which commits less mistakes on the day win this game.
