India won the toss and opted to bowl against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022, with major news being Dinesh Karthik being picked over Rishabh Pant. It is an early struggle for both the sides and they would like to start the campaign at a high level. Coming out for the toss, Rohit Sharma won it and broke the news saying that he is going with Dinesh Karthik and ‘unfortunately’ Rishabh Pant missed.
Teams:
Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
So a big selection call from the Indian camp – Dinesh Karthik picked Rishabh Pant as the keeper. And on another spinning option Avesh Khan was selected as the third seamer. Thoughts on this playing XI?
Babar Azam: We would also have bowled earlier, but it is not in our hands. We will try to score big and see. Three fast bowlers, two spinners and one debut for Naseem Shah. There are some new faces and some old faces in that Indian team. We are trying to give it our best.
Rohit Sharma: (after the roar of the crowd) To be honest, I don’t think the toss is that important, we are here just to play good cricket. We have played here in IPL, so hopefully the pitch will be good. We had to make a tough decision between playing Dinesh and Rishabh, with Rishabh sadly missing out. And Avesh has made it the third seamer. It is an important game for us, but as cricketers we don’t want to think about the opposition, we want to rectify whatever mistakes are being made. We are bowling first.
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