The absence of star cricketer Virat Kohli, even though the brightness of the Asia Cup cricket tournaments of the six countries, which started on Saturday (September 15), will have faded, but the most exciting competition will be seen between India and Pakistan. Two matches are between the teams of India and Pakistan, but if both teams reach the final, then there are three chances of a match. The tournament will start on Saturday between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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There will be a match between India and Pakistan in Group League, while the second will be in Super Four stage. But organizers, broadcasters and support will hope to reach both teams in the final on September 28.
Virat Kohli will leave without Team India
India will have a chance to see how the team will play in the pressure situation in the absence of Virat Kohli. The team will launch its campaign against Hong Kong on September 18, after which it is to meet Pakistan next day.
Virat Kohli has been rested after the England tour, in which India had to face defeat in the Test series 1-4. Rohit Sharma has been a great player of the white ball, but his leadership skills have not been tested against good teams. He took over the captaincy against Sri Lanka in December last year, but that team was not so strong. Rather, at the present time, considering the players, Bangladesh is a better team of 50 overs at this time.
India-Pakistan match will be special
But the main focus will be on how the Indian team plays with the finest Pakistan, in which the world-class pacer, strong all-rounder Hasan Ali, open-minded batsman and talented batsman Babar Azam and Harris Sohail are present as Mohammad Aamir.
India's goal is to find the right place in the batting order for Mahendra Singh Dhoni besides solving the solution of his middle order. In the Asia Cup, Bangladesh has performed well. In the last leg, he was able to reach the final on the home ground, although it was played in T20 format. In the year 2012, he played in the 50-over format final.
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Bangladesh has done a great performance in Asia Cup
Mashrafee Mortaza's team has a good bowling line-up for a slow pitch in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. At the same time, batting involves Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad. Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan are also capable of showing good performance, which can be called the hide-and-seek in the tournament.
Sri Lanka is such a team against which India has played the most matches in all formats in the last 24 months. The period of change in the team is going on very long, apart from internal issues such as board administration and wage dispute, they have to struggle for some time now.
Sri Lanka is also a strong team
However, they have considerable experience in the form of Angelo Mathews, Upul Tharanga, Thesara Pereira, and Lasith Malinga, while youths like Akila Dhananjay, Dasun Shanaaka and Kaduna Ranjita are present. Sri Lanka's problem is not to be consistently performing and they hope to make changes in it.
The Asia Cup for Afghanistan will be an opportunity to show that they have excellent players besides T-20 Superstar Rashid Khan. They also have Mohammed Shahzad, so that the team will try to reverse one. Apart from these, Hong Kong team is also playing in which Anshuman Rath would be the captain of Indian origin. The team's effort will be to remain competitive because their matches have now got one-day status.
The teams are:
India :
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (vice-captain), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaspreet Bumra, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuswendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Dinesh Karthik, Khalil Ahmed
Pakistan :
Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain and wicketkeeper), Fakhar Jams, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Harris Sohail, Imam ul Haq, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Aamir, Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan , Shahin Afridi
Bangladesh:
Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Kumar Das, Mushfikur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Mahmudullah Riyad, Mominul Haq, Ariful Haq, Mohammed Mithun, Mustafizur Rehman, Rubel Hossain, Mehdi Hassan Miraj, Mosadek Hussein, Nazmul Islam, Nazmul Hussain Shanto , Abu Hinder Ronnie
Sri Lanka :
Angelo Mathews (captain), Kusal Pereira, Kusle Mendis, Upul Tharanga, Thesara Pereira, Nirosho Dikewela, Dhananjay Di Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Kasuna Razita, Akila Dhananjay, Amila Aponso, Lasith Malinga, Dasmunth Chamira, Dilruwan Perera, Sheehan Jayasuriya.
Afghanistan:
Asgar Afghan (Captain), Mohammad Shahzad, Ehsanullah Jat, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Jadar, Munir Ahmed, Javed Ahmadi, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadan Naib, Samihullah Shawwari, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Mujib Jadharan, Aftab Alam, Yasmin Ahmed , Syed Shirzad
Hong Kong:
Anshuman Rath (Captain), Ejaz Khan, Babar Hayat, Cameron McCarthan, Christopher Carter, Ahsan Khan, Ahsan Nawaz, Arshad Mohammed, Kinkit Shah, Nadeem Ahmad, Rag Kapoor, Scott McHahney, Tanvir Ahmed, Tanvir Afzal, Waqas Khan and Aftab Hussain .
All matches will start at five o'clock in Indian time.
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