India is set to take on arch-rivals Pakistan in the much-awaited battle on Sunday, August 28.
Rohit SharmaThe -led India would be looking to start on a high note with their new batting philosophy. On the other hand, start the batter Virat Kohli Would like to reinvent himself. The men in blue will aim to create a new narrative when India look to score with Pakistan.
Rohit and Virat have been two pillars of India’s team for the past decade, but remembering the brunt of the setback at the same venue 10 months ago during the T20 World Cup, both know where they stand and turn the tables. What do they need to do. ,
While Rohit will be eager to test his ultra-aggressive batting template against the Asian giants, for Kohli it will be a perfect platform to return to form after ending a tough phase in the past few years.
With no bilateral competition between cross-border neighbors for 10 years and nothing in the near future, geopolitical tensions are always in for a major build-up.
But the lack of regular games has meant that the Indo-Pak rivalry is conducted between unfamiliar foes rather than familiar ones.
One cannot plan much against the opposition that the team plays once or twice a year, while one has to expect the unexpected.
The last time India played Pakistan, they had to face defeat by 10 wickets.
Teams:
Indian team: Rohit Sharma KL RahulVirat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra JadejaR Ashwin, Yuzvendra ChahaliRavi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar KumarArshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azmi, Shadab KhanAsif Ali, to flauntHaider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain, Hassan Ali
(Inputs from PTI)