India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2022, Today Match Prediction 04 September 2022

ind vs pak Match Prediction & Analysis

Asia Cup is heating up with top-2 teams from each group making the cut to the Super-4. India versus Pakistan are most sought after games in the cricket arena and their political tension and absence of bi-lateral ties spices up their every meeting in the multi-nation tournaments. India won the opening encounter against Pakistan in a thrilling fashion and went onto win against Hong Kong convincingly. Pakistan after their loss against India gave a drubbing to Hong Kong to win the must-win encounter. We expect yet another thrilling contest between two arch rivals on the field.

TEAMS PREVIEW

India Preview

Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are yet to make a big contribution in this series. Virat Kohli has been good with scores of 35 & 59 in the 2 matches played so far. The middle order duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya were the standout players in the 2 matches played so far. Ravi Ashwin and Deepak Hooda might play in the starting XI in place of injured Ravindra Jadeja & Avesh khan respectively.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been excellent with the new ball and death overs and has claimed 5 wickets so far. Hardik Pandya will be a vital cog in India`s bowling unit. Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh went for a lot of runs in the last game with the former struggling big time. Yuzi Chahal will be partnered by Ravi Ashwin in the spin department with Deepak Hooda`s part-time off-spinners providing the depth.

Key Players: Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik pandya, Ravi Ashwin.

India Predicted Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant/Dinesh Karthik, Ravi Ashwin, Yuzi Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Hooda

India Actual Playing XI:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Lokesh Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, YS Chahal, Virat Kohli

Pakistan Preview

Mohammed Rizwan (78 runs) and Fakhar Zaman (53 runs) stitched together a brilliant 116-run partnership for the second wicket after the early loss of Babar Azam. Khusdil Shah gave the perfect finish with his 15-ball busrt of 35 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, and Shadab khan add depth and balance to their playing XI.

Pacers Naseem Shah and Shahnawaz Dahani gave them a perfect start dismissing the opposition`s top-3 cheaply inside the powerplay. Spin duo of Mohammed Nawaz and Shadab Khan then ran through the Hong Kong line-up with combined figures of 4.4-0-13-7 in the match and bowled out the opposition for just 38 runs.

Key players to bet on: Naseem Shaha, Mohammed Nawaz, Babar Azam

Pakistan Predicted Playing XI:

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani

Pakistan Actual Playing XI:

Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Dubai is expected to have bright and sunny weather with no chances of rain and weather interruptions in this game.

Venue Details

Dubai is a slow track with uneven bounce aiding the bowlers. Batters need to apply themselves before going for big shots. Spinners might look to slow nature of the track with the older ball. We expect the runs to be around 160-170 runs in this match too.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have a huge advantage in these venues with dew and humidity factor playing a vital role in the second innings. Both captains will opt to bowl first if they win the toss.