Pakistan team announced its playing 11 against India - these players got a chance

India vs Pakistan Playing 11: A day before the big match of Asia Cup against India, Pakistan has announced its playing eleven. Pakistani captain Babar Azam has retained the same playing eleven against Nepal as well against India. Even before this big match to be held in Kandy on Saturday 2nd September, Pakistan has surprised everyone by announcing its 11 players. Pakistan Cricket Board posted the playing eleven on its social media after the press conference of captain Babar Azam on Friday, September 1.

Pakistan had defeated Nepal by a huge margin of 238 runs in the first match of the tournament on 30 August. In that match, captain Babar Azam and middle order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed scored brilliant centuries for Pakistan. Pakistan had scored 342 runs while batting first and after this, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan together had bundled out Nepal for just 104 runs.

Pakistan to field same playing XI tomorrow 🇵🇰#PAKvIND | #AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/qe18Ad6pF4

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 1, 2023

No change despite shortcomings

However, despite the victory over Nepal, some former veterans of Pakistan were demanding changes in the team. Especially questions were being raised about opener Fakhar Zaman's place in the team, who has proved unsuccessful in the last few months and was also ineffective against Nepal. Besides, the presence of Agha Salman in the middle order of the team is also under question, who does not have much experience in this format. Despite this, Pakistan had won over Nepal but its real test will now be against India and only on Saturday it will be known whether Pakistan's decision was right or wrong.

May still change

However, this does not mean that the Pakistani team cannot change the playing eleven before the match. According to the rules, the Pakistani team can change the playing eleven before the toss. However, there seems to be little hope of this happening because the Pakistani playing eleven seems to be settled.

Rain can become villain

The match between India and Pakistan will be played in Kandy, Sri Lanka. In this match, rain can spoil the game of both Team India and Pakistan. According to Google Weather, there is a 56% to 78% chance of heavy rain with cloudy skies throughout the day during the game. In the early stages of the match (3:00 PM IST) the temperature is likely to be around 25 degrees Celsius with 92% humidity. In such a situation, rain can prove to be a villain during the match.

Pakistan's playing 11 for the match against India

Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Salman Ali Aga, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.

See Team India's possible playing 11

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj