Highlights
- India to face Pakistan on August 28, 2022 in Asia Cup
- Shaheen Afridi will miss Asia Cup due to knee injury
- Jasprit Bumrah has sustained a again injury and will miss the Asia Cup
IND vs PAK: We are precisely every week away from some of the anticipated matches in cricketing historical past, the clash of blue and inexperienced, the clash between India and Pakistan. The Asia Cup is scheduled to begin on August 27, 2022, within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and will function outstanding creating sides from the Asia subcontinent. India will lock horns with Pakistan on August 28, 2022. The final time each the edges met was within the ICC T20I World Cup and Pakistan had inflicted a heavy defeat on staff India which derailed their marketing campaign fully.
The loss to Pakistan within the World Cup induced main shift modifications in Indian cricket with Rohit Sharma taking on the reins of captaincy from Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid taking on the mantle of head coach from Ravi Shastri. As of right this moment, each the groups are busy with their white-ball sport preparations. India is enjoying Zimbabwe in a three-match ODI collection and alternatively, Pakistan too is going through the Netherlands in a three-match collection in the identical format. Unfortunately, the destiny of each these groups are balanced perfectly. Ahead of the Asia Cup, India has misplaced its spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to a again injury and alternatively, Pakistan too may have to depart Shaheen Afridi behind as he’s affected by a knee injury.
Team India with out Jasprit Bumrah:
For a few years now, the Indian staff has closely banked upon Jasprit Bumrah in all codecs of the sport. Bumrah who made a status for himself by enjoying IPL for Mumbai Indians is considered one of India’s foremost property within the T20I staff. The Baroda-based bowler has struggled with again points for a really very long time and is handed common breaks by the Indian staff administration to handle his workload which because of this will assist him to lengthen his profession. To India’s dismay, Bumrah sustained a again injury throughout India’s tour to England and missed out on the third ODI. BCCI confirmed the information once they introduced the squad for Asia Cup 2022 as Bumrah was dominated out of the match.
Team Pakistan with out Shaheen Afridi:
Shaheen Afridi has served Pakistan cricket to one of the best of his capabilities and has been considered one of their mainstays. Left-arm pacers are at all times an asset to any staff they play for and Shaheen’s case is not any completely different. Whenever the staff is in want and Babar Azam appears to be like to get wickets, he at all times calls up Shaheen to ship and he does it to one of the best of his capabilities. Last 12 months when India met Pakistan on the ICC T20I World Cup, Shaheen broke India’s again as he dismissed Rohit, Rahul, and Virat. Currently, Pakistan is stationed within the Netherlands for a three-match ODI collection and Shaheen has missed the primary two of them. The PCB on Saturday confirmed that Afridi has nonetheless not recovered from his knee injury and will miss the Asia Cup 2022.
Pakistan’s squad for Asia Cup: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
India’s squad for Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan
