The arch-rivals Indian cricket team and Pakistan cricket team will face each other on August 28 in the Asia Cup 2022. Whenever these two teams face off on the cricket field, the focus and scrutiny on the match intensifies. The last time the two teams played each other was in the 2021 T20 World Cup, Pakistan emerged victorious to register their first win against India in a World Cup competition. Virat Kohli was then the captain of the Indian team, while Rohit Sharma is now the captain.
Before the high-voltage competition, Shane Watson, former player of the Australian cricket team was asked ‘ICC Review’ To predict the winner of Asia Cup.
“My predicted winner is India. They are very strong and they adapt easily depending on the conditions,” Watson said.
Asked about India’s major hurdle in the way of winning the title, Watson said arch-rivals Pakistan will present a big challenge.
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Watson said, “That first match is going to be very special to watch because Pakistan are now very confident that they can beat this Indian team. I think, really, whoever wins that game will go ahead.” Will rise and win the Asia Cup. [But] i just felt india [will win the tournament], They have so much firepower running through their batting order, so it will be difficult to stop them.”
India squad for Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan
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