India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2023: Winners Prediction, Head to Head and Other Details

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India will take on Pakistan in their first match of the Asia Cup 2023 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, September 2. Pakistan played their first match against Afghanistan on Wednesday, August 30 and registered a thumping 238-run win.

India have won their last three ODI matches against Pakistan. The two sides last locked horns against each other in the 2019 World Cup. India won two ODI matches against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2018. Pakistan's last ODI win against India was in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.

Pakistan are a very well balanced ODI team at the moment. Their pace unit is just electric and they also have got some handy spinners led by Shadab Khan. The coming to form of Iftikhar Ahmed has strengthened their batting unit as well.

Eyes are on India's playing eleven. KL Rahul is out of the first two matches, while Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah are returning to ODI cricket after a long injury layoff. In Rahul's absence, Ishan Kishan will be keeping the wickets.

India vs Pakistan Head to Head

India have won 55 of their 132 ODI matches against Pakistan. Four matches have ended without results.

Matches: 132

India Won: 55

Pakistan Won: 73

No Result: 4

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Match Prediction

If the weather allows, a nail-biting contest is on the cards but India should pip Pakistan. India's batting and spin unit is stronger than that of Pakistan. The return of Jasprit Bumrah has bolstered the pace attack as well. The trio of Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, are no less than the Pakistan trio of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf.

With the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja in the squad, India are way ahead of Pakistan when it comes to the quality of all-rounders in the team. India will just need to hold their nerves and apply themselves to win the match. There will also be psychological pressure on Pakistan who have won their last four ODI games but lost four of their last five ODI matches against India.

India vs 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 Playing 11s

India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan Playing 11: Imam Ul Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Match Details

Match Start Time: 3:00 PM IST

Telecast Channels: Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 Hindi

Live Streaming: Disney+ Hotstar