It's time for India vs Pakistan, the next chapter.
If you are an avid fantasy cricket player, you must be wondering who to pick in your playing XI for tonight's blockbuster clash. On paper, India are the more well balanced and stronger team, so most of the picks are likely to come from Team India.
The two cricketing heavyweights begin their Asia Cup campaign this time with this clash today, August 28. This time the Asia Cup is being played in the T20 format as a preparatory tournament for the T20 World Cup at the end of the year in Australia.
India are the defending champions, having beaten Bangladesh in the last edition's final in 2018 by 3 wickets.
Here's a quick look at a possible fantasy playing XI combination that you might consider:
Top order batters: Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, Virat Kohli
Middle order batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Iftikar Ahmed
Wicket-keeper: Mohammad Rizwan
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya & Shadab Khan
Pacers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hasan Ali
Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal
Possible Playing XIs for India and Pakistan:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal & Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz & Naseem Shah
Full squads of India and Pakistan at the Asia Cup 2022:
India: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Standby Players: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc) Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir
India vs Pakistan: Head to Head:
India vs Pakistan: Overall T20I Head to Head:
Where to watch and follow Asia Cup 2022 matches:
You can catch live match commentary, updates, latest stats, toss results, player analysis and more onHERE:
TV: All Asia Cup matches will be telecast on the Star Sports channels - Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD (English), Star Sports 1 Hindi and Star Sports 1 Hindi HD (Hindi)
Live Streaming: On the Disney+ Hotstar website and the app
Asia Cup: Most titles:
India (7 titles - 6 in ODI format and 1 in T20I format) - 1984, 1988, 1990-91, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018
(India also have been runners-up 3 times - in 1997, 2004 and 2008 - losing all 3 finals to Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka (5 titles) - 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014
Pakistan (2 titles) - 2000, 2012
