India Pakistan Cricket News, Asia Cup 2022. The tournament is set to begin on August 27. On August 28, however, India and Pakistan will play their first game (IND vs PAK).
The 15th Asia Cup will take place in 2022, and the ACC recently released the schedule. The wait is over for the India Pakistan cricket news. While India, the incumbent champion, will begin their campaign against archrival Pakistan at the same location on August 28, Sri Lanka will play Afghanistan in the tournament's first match on August 27.
The Men in Green are geared up to face off against their arch rivals at the Asia Cup, and Pakistan's skipper Babar Azam said on Thursday that the players are under pressure in every Pakistan-India encounter.
Before the Pakistani team's departure for the Netherlands, Babar said at a news conference, "We normally try to approach it like a regular game, but clearly, there is different expectation on us.
The first of a three-match ODI series between Pakistan and the Netherlands will be played on August 16 in Rotterdam, following which Pakistan will leave for the ACC T20 Asia Cup.
The Pakistani skipper stated, "There is pressure, but we tried [to remain cool during the T20 World Cup and] not [repeat the same mistake] of falling under pressure."
Babar advised players to have faith in their team, pointing out that while they always give their all on the field, the outcome is out of their control.
Babar was alluding to Pakistan's victory over India in a World Cup battle with a 10-wicket romp in a Super 12 thriller in October 2021, where he led by example as Pakistan defeated India for the first time.
In their 13th try, Babar and his opening partner Mohammad Rizwan came back to defeat the target with 13 balls remaining and give Pakistan their first victory over India in a World Cup.
The 15th edition of the Asia Cup will serve as ideal preparation ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup."
The tournament schedule, which was originally intended to take place in Sri Lanka but was moved owing to the island nation's ongoing political and economic crises, was announced by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who also serves as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
"The wait is finally over as the battle for Asian supremacy commences on 27th August with the all-important final on 11th September."
INDIAN SQUAD FOR 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: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.
PAKISTAN SQUAD FOR ASIA CUP 2022
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
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