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The 16th edition of the Asia Cup, one of the premier tournaments in the world of cricket, will be played in the ODI format from August 30 onwards, in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The opening match of the competition will have Pakistan take on Nepal in the Group A clash at the Multan International Cricket Stadium in Multan.
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One of the most highly anticipated matches in the group stages of the Asia Cup 2023 will be India facing off against their arch-nemesis Pakistan in Group A. This continental cricket tournament will be a precursor to the ODI World Cup 2023 encounter between India and Pakistan, which will be played on October 14, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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Rohit Sharma will be captaining India in the six-team cricket tournament, while Pakistan have given the responsibility of the captaincy to Babar Azam. Some of the biggest individual battles in the Asia Cup 2023 match could be Rohit Sharma vs Shaheen Afridi, Virat Kohli vs Naseem Shah, Fakhar Zaman vs Jasprit Bumrah, and Babar Azam vs Kuldeep Yadav, among others.
Here are the details about the upcoming Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan:
Date: September 2, 2023
Timings: 3:00 PM
Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Head-To-Head Record:
In Asia Cup ODIs:
All ODIs:
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (c) , Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi
