India will take on Pakistan on August 28 in their opening match of the T20I tournament.
Rahul had to stay away from cricket due to injury IPL He made a comeback in the recently concluded ODI series in Zimbabwe before 2022.
“For now we are all very excited as players. We are always looking forward to this India vs Pakistan clash. It will be a good challenge for us to compete against a big team like Pakistan. As we all know a lot. There is a huge history and rivalry. These games between India and Pakistan have always been of high intensity. This is a great opportunity for us to challenge ourselves,” KL Rahul said at a press conference.
In their 13th attempt at the World Cup, Pakistan finally managed to beat India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on October 24, 2021 and comfortably on a night when almost everything went according to plan for them. Shaheen Shah Afridi was the brightest star of the night.
Talking about India’s loss against Pakistan in the last World Cup, KL Rahul said, “Yes obviously losing any game and World Cup hurts. When you enter big tournaments, every team is big. I want to play and unfortunately it didn’t happen to us. We were beaten by really strong Pakistan. So now we have got a chance to play against them again.”
“We are looking forward to go out there and play our best game… Match starts from zero… History may be about how many times teams have played against each other and won but it doesn’t matter because The game starts from scratch only. It was great to see the new approach of the Indian team that started after the last World Cup.”
Team India is looking for victory in the eight-time Asia Cup. The Asia Cup 2022 will be played in the UAE, which will run from August 27 to September 11.
“We always look forward to an India-Pakistan clash because we don’t see each other anywhere else but in these big tournaments. Since this is the first game of the tournament for both of us, we want to start our campaign on a win. Take note,” said the Indian opener.
team star batsman Virat Kohli Will make his return to cricket after a short break, which he missed out on the tour of West Indies during the Asia Cup 2022. Their first match on return will be against arch-rivals Pakistan on August 28.
Fans will be hoping that Kohli will be back in his form during the tournament and soon complete his much-awaited 71st international century.
Talking about the former India captain, Rahul said, “We all want Virat Kohli to be back in form, we are not worried about it. His mindset is always the same, to win matches for India. And he has done so for many years”.
“We don’t really give much importance to comments. It doesn’t really affect a player, especially a world class player like Virat won’t be affected by what he is saying from outside. He’s got a little break and he’s on his own. Working on the game,” said Rahul.