PAK vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction: Match 3 of Asia Cup, Playing 11, Pitch Report, Dream 11 Prediction

India will lock horns against arch-rivals Pakistan in the third match of the Asia Cup on Sunday. This is the most anticipated match of this tournament. India will be in action for the first time while Pakistan have already won the opening match against Nepal. This promises to be a thrilling match.

When: 2 September, 3:00 PM IST

Where: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele

TV Channel, Live Streaming: Star Sports

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Multan Pitch Report

The surface here will be a balanced one with good help for spinners and the average first innings score here is 265. Both teams will prefer to bat first at this venue considering there could be rain interuptions.

Pakistan Playing 11

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Iftikhar Ahmed
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. Salman Ali Agha
7. Shadab Khan
8. Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Naseem Shah
11. Haris Rauf

• All the players are fit and available for selection.
• They are expected to be unchanged for this match.

Babar Azam Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Runs	Last 5 performance	Runs vs India	Batting Average
104	5353	151, 60, 53, 0, 1, 107	1303 runs in 20 matches.	59.5

Shaheen Afridi Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Wickets	Last 5 performance	BBM	Bowling Average
40	78	2/27, 2/31, 2/58, 2/9, 3/46	6/35	23.4

India Playing 11

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Shubman Gill
3. Virat Kohli
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Ishan Kishan (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Shardul Thakur/Axar Patel
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Mohammad Shami/ Siraj
11. Jasprit Bumrah

• KL Rahul is unavailable for this match as he is recovering from injury.

Virat Kohli Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Runs	Last 5 performance	Batting Average	Runs vs Pakistan
275	12898	54, 31, 4, 36, 11	57.32	536

Jasprit Bumrah Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Wickets	Last 5 performance	Wickets vs Pakistan	Bowling Average
72	121	2/49, 6/19, 2/52, 1/37, 2/48	4 wickets in 5 matches	17.25

PAK vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction

Wicket-keepers: Mohammad Rizwan

Batsmen: Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Imam ul Haq

All-rounder: Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya

Bowlers: Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Jasprit Bumrah

Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Babar Azam, Virat Kohli

Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League: Shaheen Afridi, Jasprit Bumrah

PAK vs IND Fantasy Tips

• Babar Azam scored 150 runs in the opening match against Nepal and will be an automatic choice for this match.
• Jasprit Bumrah last played an ODI in September last year where he picked up 8 wickets in 2 matches against England including 6/19.
• Mohammad Nawaz has scored 30 runs and picked up two wickets in his previous 2 ODI matches. He can give value with both bat and ball.
• Virat Kohli has been in terrific form this year in this format. He has scored 427 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 116.
• Salman Ali Agha is batting lower down the order and has struggled in the previous series against Afghanistan. He was dismissed cheaply against Nepal in the opening match, leave him out for this match.
• Fakhar Zaman has not got a fifty in his previous 7 ODI matches. Hence avoid him for small leagues. Considering his record against India is good he can be taken a punt in grand leagues.
• Imam ul Haq has scored 2 half centuries in his previous four matches. He will be a key pick for this match.
• Shreyas Iyer has a good record in this format having amassed more than 1500 runs at an average of 46.
• Shubman Gill won the player of the match in the previous match against West Indies scoring 88 runs. He will be a top pick for this match
• Ishan Kishan scored 3 half centuries in 3 matches against West Indies recently and will also give points with his wicket-keeping.

Who will win Pakistan vs India  today match?

India are expected to win this match

Pakistan are currently the Number 1 ranked ODI team in the world.

India have won 7 games out of 13 matches matches between these two sides in Asia Cup (50 over format)

Pakistan has won Asia Cup twice while India have won it 7 times.

ndia and Pakistan have faced each other in 132 matches in ODI. Out of these 132 games , India have won 55 whereas Pakistan have come out victorious on 73 occasions . 4 matches ended without a result.

The last time these two sides met in a ODI match was in 2019 WC where India won by 89 runs.