Its a super Sunday and welcome to the live coverage of India vs Pakistan in Match 2 of the Super four round in Asia Cup 2022.
India were undefeated in the group stage defeating Pakistan and Hong Kong. Axar Patel replaces injured Ravindra Jadeja for the rest of the tournament. India is the inform team coming into the match against Pakistan.
Pakistan, after their loss to India in their opening match in the last over, won their second match against Hong Kong in a commanding way.
Asia Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan Live Score
Virat Kohli powers India to 181/7 in 20 overs.
Deepak Hooda ramps Naseem Shah over Mohmmad Rizwan. Virat Kohli is all charged and fired up by Hooda’s shot.
Deepak Hooda and Virat Kohli on the charge. Kohli smashes Hasnain over deep mid wicket for Six to bring up his 32nd T20 international fifty.
Hardik Pandya gone. A soft dismissal as Pandya departs for 0.
Kohli pays his trademark pull shot in the 11th over in the bowling of Mohmmad Hasnain
Virat Kohli on the move smashes his one on the back foot in the bowling of Shadab Khan.
Surya Kumar Yadav of the mark with a cut hot and four of the very first ball. Surya Kumar Yadav looks to be in great touch. He scores back to back fours and he departs for 13 runs caught at Deep Square Leg by Asif Ali in the bowling of Mohmmad Nawaz.
India of to a good start. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul of to a great start. Rohit smashes Six and four in the very first over. Both the openers are of to a great start. India at the end of the powerplay score 62 runs for the loss of two wickets.
Rohit and Rahul dismissed after providing a good start for India.
Rohit Sharma dismissed for 28 runs in 16 balls trying to loft the ball over mid on and miss times it. Khushdil shah grabs the catch. KL Rahul departs soon after the powerplay in the 7th over trying to clear long off and Haris Rauf takes a simple catch. Shadab Khan strikes in his very first over.
Asia Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan Playing XI
India (Playing XI) – KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh.
Pakistan (Playing XI) – Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah.
Asia Cup 2022: India s Pakistan Toss
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Babar Azam – The dew could be a factor, that’s the reason we’re bowling first. We had a lot of positives from the last match against India. The message is to play positively – one change for us with Hasnain coming in.
Rohit Sharma: We would have bowled first, but now we need to play freely and assess a good score on this pitch. Momentum counts in this format, you’ve to be on the money from the start, not worry about external pressures. Injury is something we can’t control, Jadeja has been ruled out and he’s back home. It was a headache to select the playing XI – Hardik comes back. Deepak Hooda gets a game and so does Ravi Bishnoi.
Asia Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan Live Pitch Report
The pitch has a bit of grass and it is not a two-paced wicket like the one in Sharjah. The batsmen can trust the bounce on this pitch. The glass is slightly drier than the one where Afghanistan and Sri Lanka played. There will be a lot more carry on this pitch. The team winning the toss will likely bowl first.
Team News India
Axar Patel will probably play in today’s game as the replacement of injured Ravindra Jadeja. Avesh Khan is out with illness. Ravichandran Ashwin/ Deepak Hooda will feature in the playing XI. The rest of the team is expected to be the same.
Team News Pakistan
Young Fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani is set to miss today’s game with a side strain injury. Hasan Ali or Mohammad Hasnain could feature in the playing XI.
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