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IND vs PAK Dream 11 Team Prediction of Asia Cup 2018: Preview | Arch-Rivals meet again

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for India vs Pakistan match. We are covering IND vs PAK Dream 11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the ODI match. The match is to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan after losing to India faced Afghanistan who gave them a tough fight though Pakistan emerged as winner but still they will need to improve their performance to be the winner of Asia Cup 2018. M Nawaz and Shaheen Afridi were brilliant with ball taking three and two wickets respectively. Shoaib Malik was their hero with bat who chased the total in last over while Imam Ul Haq scored 80 runs and Babar Azam also played a good knock of 66 runs. They will come all guns blazing to take the revenge of wednesday’s loss against India.

India are in brilliant form with bat as well as ball and are on a roll in Asia cup 2018 and are emerging as clear favourites for the cup. They won their last match against Bangladesh comfortably by a margin of 7 wickets. R Jadeja made brilliant comeback in ODI team taking four scalps while J Bumrah and Bhuvi took three wickets each. Rohit Sharma single-handedly chased the total for India scoring a brilliant knock of 83* runs while S Dhawan also scored a quick forty. They will hope to put a similar clinical performance against Pakistan.

A brilliant encounter can be expected between arch-rivals India and Pakistan and will be a treat to fans all over the world.

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When and Where:

IND VS PAK, Match 3, Super Four, Asia Cup, 2018.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
23rd Sept, 5:00 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Average first innings score: 221
Average 2nd innings score: 202

Squads:

IND:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal , Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, Siddharth Kaul.

PAK:
Fakhar Zaman, Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir.

Team News:

India:

India has declared 16 man squad for Asia Cup. H Pandya, S Thakur and Axar Patel are out of the squad due to injuries and Deepak Chahar, Siddharth Kaul and Ravindra Jadeja have been announced as replacements.

R Sharma, S Dhawan, A Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni will be the key batsman for India. K Jadhav and R Jadeja will bat in lower order. All are in good form.

Yuzi Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will lead the spin department along with R Jadeja. Kedar Jadhav can support them. Bhuvi and Bumrah will lead the pace attack of the team. All are taking wickets at regular interval for team and are also keeping economy at check.

Pakistan:

Just In: Shadab Khan is declared fit and likely to play.

A 16 man squad has been declared for the Asia Cup.

F Zaman, I Ul Haq, Babar Azam, S Malik, and S Ahmed will be the key batsmen. I Ul Haq, B Azam and S Malik are in good form.

H Ali and Usman Khan will lead the pace attack along with young talent Shaheen Afridi or M Amir. Shadab Khan is the main spinner.

Probable Playing XI:

IND:
R Sharma (c), S Dhawan, A Rayadu, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, R Jadeja, Y Chahal, K Yadav, J Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

PAK:
Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Faheem Ashraf/Shadab Khan/Harish Sohail, Shadab Khan/M Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Khan/M Amir.