Asia Cup: Pakistan, India to face each other today

Colombo: The day fans have been eagerly waiting for has arrived. The biggest clash of Asia Cricket Cup 2023 will take place today (Saturday) between the two arch-rivals Pakistan and India.

The two biggest cricket teams in the world will be in action at Paley Kale Stadium in Kandy at 2:30 pm. Pakistan and India will face each other for 18th time in the Asia Cup. While the morale of national team, who won the first match with a huge margin, is also high.

Before the match, teams of Pakistan and India did a lot of practice to remove their shortcomings. The national team announced the final 11 for Pakistan-India match.

Till yesterday it was predicted that today rain will take place during the Pakistan India match in Palikale. However now according to the latest update, the weather in Kandy has improved after which the chances of rain have reduced. 
It is pertinent to note that Indian team is the most successful team of tournament by winning seven titles in Asia Cup competitions. While on the other hand, Pakistan has also won the Asia Cup crown twice.

The traditional rivals have faced each other 17 times in the Asia Cup tournaments. India was successful in 09 matches and Pakistan won 06 matches while 02 matches remained inconclusive.

Last year's Asia Cup was held in T20 format in which Pakistan and India faced each other twice. India won the group stage and Pakistan defeated India in the Super Four stage.

According to the record of one-day matches between Pakistan and India, the national team has an advantage over India. 132 one-day matches have been played between Pakistan and India, out of which the green shirts won 73 matches while India won 55 matches. And four matches have been inconclusive.