Asia Cup 2018: Can India put a stiff challenge to Pakistan in Dubai today?

Asia Cup 2018: Can India put a stiff challenge to Pakistan in Dubai today?

Can India put a stiff challenge to Pakistan in Dubai today? on Business Standard. The last time India and Pakistan met was in the ICC Champions Trophy final on June 18, 2017, at the Oval in London

Latest News In Match 5 of Asia Cup 2018, Rohit Sharma’s India will up against their arch rival Pakistan led by Sarfaraz Ahmed at Dubai International Stadium in United Arab Emirates. Indian cricket team will look to correct the mistakes they did against Hong Kong on Tuesday. India might make change in their playing 11 bringing in Jasprit Bumrah in place of Shardul Thakur and Hardik Pandya would replace Khaleel Ahmed. On the other hand, Pakistan will be high on confidence after crushing Hong Kong in their first game of the tournament. The last time India VS Pakistan was in the ICC Champions Trophy final on June 18, 2017, at the Oval in London and India would like to forget. In that game, Pakistan set a mammoth total of 338/4 with Fakhar Zaman hitting the century and then the mighty Indian batting line-up fell like a pack of cards against Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohamed Amir.

India Team News In the match against Hong Kong, Shikhar Dhawan scored a century that would come as a big positive for India as he failed to score during England tour.

Also, the way Ambati Rayudu and Shikhar Dhawan put up a century partnership against Hong Kong gave India a boast as they will not miss the services of Virat Kohli. The major concern for India is their

middle order batters as in their previous game, Dinesh Karthik and Kedar Jadhav were not able to hit big shots in the death overs while Dhoni was dismissed out for a duck. On the bowling front, Bhuvneshwar Kumar looked rusty in his opening spell leaking too many runs while the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzuvendra Chahal bowled superbly in the middle overs to bring India back in the game against Hong Kong. Jasprit Bumrah likely to replace Shardul Thakur, who bowled 3 No balls in an over which somehow shifted the momentum in opposition favour.

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