Asia Cup 2022: Arch-rivals Pakistan, India to lock horns today

Dubai: Reigniting the long-standing rivalry, Pakistan will lock horns with India in the second match of the Asia Cup 2022 tournament in Dubai Cricket Stadium today. 

The match will start at 7:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time.

Both teams are part of the same group, hence, it is tempting to think that the cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan is passé, a thing of the past century. 

The two sides might encounter each other multiple times in the 2022 edition of the Asia Cup tournament because of the placement in the same group and the format of the tournament.   

Pak-Indo cricket match always remains momentous among cricket fans that's why thousands of people are expecting a fierce match. 

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan will be without fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has been ruled out of the tournament, owing to a knee injury. 

Pakistan

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, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain

India

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Y Chahal, R Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.