IND vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction of Asia Cup 2018: Preview | A Final-Worthy encounter
Hello and Welcome to our preview for INDIA vs Pakistan match. We are covering IND vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the ODI match. The match is to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan defeated Hong Kong comfortably by 8 wickets. Bowling first, They were able to stop Hong Kong at 116. Usman Khan took three wickets while H Ali and S Khan took two wickets each. Imam Ul Haq scored a fifty and thus Pakistan easily chased the total in 23 overs on loss of two wickets. Pakistan will come all guns blazing against their arch-rivals India.
India will come to take revenge of Champions Trophy final loss. Even without Virat Kohli’s absence, India has enough firepower to give a tough fight to in-form Pakistan team. India won the match against Hong Kong by 26 runs. Batting first, India got a good start by openers and Shikhar continued to score 127 runs while A Rayudu scored 60 runs. Hong Kong put great effort in chasing the total of 285 and were almost near to do the impossible as their openers made a opening stand of 174 runs but India’s strength its spinners came into the game later and took five wickets between them. Khaleel Ahmed also took three wickets. India will hope to put a more improved show against strong Pakistan team.
A brilliant encounter can be expected between arch-rivals India and Pakistan and will be a treat to fans all over the world.
IND vs PAK, Group A Match, Asia Cup, 2018.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
19th Sept, 5:00 PM IST
Average first innings score: 223
Average 2nd innings score: 203
Pitch will support spinners and will be batting friendly too.
IND:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal , Axar Patel.
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
India:
India has declared 16 man squad for Asia Cup. Virat Kohli is rested for the series so Rohit Sharma will lead the team in his absence. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is also back after recovering from injury.
India will go with their best playing XI for this encounter. KL Rahul will return to playing XI replacing D Karthik or K Jadhav.
J Bumrah will also come in replacing Khaleel Ahmed. H Pandya will most probably make return replacing S Thakur.
R Sharma, S Dhawan, A Rayudu, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni will be the key batsman for India. K Jadhav or Dinesh Karthik and H Pandya will bat in lower order. MS Dhoni had a rare duck against Hong Kong and will hope to put a good show tomorrow. All batsmen are in good form.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will lead the spin department. Kedar Jadhav can support them. Bhuvi and Bumrah will lead the pace attack along with H Pandya.
Pakistan:
A 16 man squad has been declared for the Asia Cup. No changes are expected in balanced playing XI of Pakistan team.
F Zaman, Imam Ul Haq, Babar Azam, S Malik, Asif Ali and S Ahmed will be the key batsmen. F Zaman and Imam Ul Haq are in brilliant form top of the order. S Khan and F Ashraf will do the late hitting for team.
Hasan Ali, M Amir and Faheem Ashraf will lead the pace attack along with talented Usman Khan. Shadab Khan will be the main spinner along with Shoaib Malik.
IND:
R Sharma (c), S Dhawan, KL Rahul/Dinesh Karthik, A Rayadu, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, H Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Y Chahal, K Yadav, J Bumrah.
PAK:
Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan.
S Ahmed (wk)
R Sharma (c)
S Dhawan (vc)
Ambati Rayadu
F Zaman
Shadab Khan
Hardik Pandya/Hasan Ali
Faheem Ashraf
M Amir
J Bumrah
K Yadav
Captain and Vc choices: R Sharma, S Dhawan, B Azam, F Zaman.
India:
S Dhawan
R Sharma
A Rayadu
MS Dhoni
B Kumar
J Bumrah
K Yadav
Y Chahal
Pakistan:
F Zaman
I Ul Haq
B Azam
Hasan Ali
U Khan
Shadab Khan
S Malik
M Amir
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