India vs Pakistan Playing 11, Asia Cup 2023: Ind vs Pak Predicted Lineup, Team News and Injury Update

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India commence their Asia Cup 2023 campaign with a high-octane clash against Pakistan on Saturday (September 2). The two arch-rivals will be meeting each other at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.

India will play their first match of the tournament, while Pakistan have already made a winning start as they beat Nepal by 238 runs.

India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2023: Team News and Injury Update

The Indian team have flown to Sri Lanka without KL Rahul. The Indian batter was included in the squad for Asia Cup, but India's coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that the player won't be travelling to Sri Lanka at least for the first couple of matches as he is yet to be back in complete fitness.

Pakistan, on the other hand, have a full squad available for the India tie and will be hoping to field their best eleven to slay Rohit Sharma and his men. Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed both scored impressive centuries while Shadab Khan was excellent with the ball.

India and Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve).

Pakistan: Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir (travelling reserve)

India vs Pakistan Predicted Playing 11

Here is the predicted playing 11 for India and Pakistan ahead of their Asia Cup 2023 clash-

India Playing 11 vs Pakistan: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan Playing 11 vs India: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf