India-Pakistan clash again in Asia Cup today know possible playing-11 and many more

Asia Cup 2022 IND vs PAK: Super-4 round has started in Asia Cup 2022. In the first match of this round, Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets. Today (September 4) India and Pakistan will clash in the second match of this round. Both the teams will face each other at 7.30 pm. This match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. How is the weather and pitch of Dubai going to be during the match and who can get an entry in the possible playing XI of both the teams? Learn here..

Pitch and Weather Report: The team batting later gets the advantage in the evening matches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. There is a light ounce here at night, which creates a bit of trouble for the bowlers later. By the way, in the last few days, the ounce is not proving to be such a big factor here. Overall, the pitch here gives equal help to bowlers and batsmen. In the beginning, the fast bowlers and then the spinners get help and batting is easier in the second innings. The captain winning the toss prefers to bowl first here. Talking about the weather, it is very hot in Dubai at this time. Here the temperature will remain around 33 degrees even during the match.

Possible Playing XI: Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the Asia Cup due to a knee injury. Avesh Khan also has viral fever. In such a situation, two changes are sure in the Indian team. On the other hand, Shahnawaz Dahani has also been out of the Pakistani team.

Pakistan heavy in Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Pakistan has won the most matches in this stadium. Team batsman Babar Azam is the batsman to score the most T20 International runs (456) on this ground. Most T20 International wickets here are also recorded in the name of Pakistani fast bowler Sohail Tanveer (22). At the same time, Shoaib Malik of Pakistan has been the player to play the most matches (22) here.

Records of both the teams since the last T20 World Cup

Since the last T20 World Cup, the Indian team has played 25 T20 International matches. In these, India has won 21 matches, while it has to face defeat in 3 matches. One match has also been inconclusive. On the other hand, Pakistan has played 9 T20 matches since the last T20 World Cup. In these, the Pakistan team has won 7 and lost in 2.

Head to head in Asia Cup: India ahead

So far 15 matches have been played between the teams of India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup. 13 matches have been played in 50-50 over format and two matches in T20 format. In these 9 matches, India has won. At the same time, Pakistan has won 5 matches. A match has been fruitless. In the last four encounters in the Asia Cup, India has won only.

Head to head in T20s: India ahead

Talking about the overall T20 International matches between the two teams, India is ahead here too. There have been 10 T20 International matches between India and Pakistan so far. In these 8 matches, India has won, while Pakistan has got only 2 victories.

Pakistan on top order, India strong in middle order

Pakistan's batting largely rests on Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. In the last match, two out of these three batsmen were flop and Pakistan lost the match. Pakistan's middle order is not that strong. In contrast, India has more than one batsman from number-1 to number-7. Although KL Rahul and Virat Kohli are not in that rhythm in the top order, but India's middle order has strong batsmen like Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik.

Role of toss

The toss is very important in the evening matches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Here always the team winning the toss chooses to bowl first and also wins the match. Here in the last 18 matches, the team batting last 16 times has won matches. In such a situation, in today's match itself, with the toss, 90% of the winning and losing is to be decided.

Team India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali.