The mother of all Cricket battles, a match between Pakistan and India is going to happen again on 19 September 2018. The two nations do not have any bilateral cricket relations but have clashed in the ICC Champions Trophy, Asia Cup and World Cup.
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History is repeating once again, and in 2008 India had pulverized Hong Kong in the first match. A decade hence the men in blue are once again opening their campaign in Asia Cup 2018 against Hong Kong.
Bumrah yorks Usman and Pakistan are bowled out with just 162 on board.
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 19, 2018
K Jadhav and B Kumar picking up 6 wickets between them
B Azam top scored with 47 for @TheRealPCB #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/PmUt5itEYa
However, the game between India and Pakistan will be the clincher with nearly 1.5 billion people in both the nations on the edge of their seat. Even if players from both sides downplay the rivalry, the pressure is palpable in the behavior, standard of play and crowd reactions of both the nations.
Chances even
In the last 12 matches played in the Asia Cup fixture, India has won six times, and Pakistan has won five times with one game ending in no result.
So it is a pretty even situation. Pakistan had defeated India in the last Champions Trophy final comprehensively by more than 180 runs.
After India picked up early wickets, S Malik and B Azam have managed to wrestle back some momentum for Pakistan.
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 19, 2018
End of 9 overs: PAK 23/2 #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/UKvkcamkrY
So they already must be brimming with confidence.
The Indian side did not have a remarkable Test series recently against England and was down 4-1. They also will not have the services of their sheet anchor, Skipper Virat Kohli. Rohit Sharma will be leading the side in his absence.
India is also having problems in finalizing the batsman to play in the No 4 and No six slot. Therefore the Indian team will have to pull their socks up to have a chance of overcoming the Pakistani side that is in high spirits after a successful trip of Zimbabwe.
The match will be played on- September 19, 2018.
Venue of the match- Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time- 5pm (IST)
Live Coverage- Star Sports Network in India and PTV in Pakistan
Online live streaming - Hotstar
Live stream also available on certain mobile apps such as Airtel TV and JioTV. Airtel TV users can watch the match live on Star Sports HD1 live TV channel for free. Jio Prime users can tune into JioTV to watch live TV channels for free.
Read: Asia Cup 2018: India vs Hong Kong live streaming on Star Sports at 4 PM IST on Tuesday
Also read: Asia Cup 2018: Virat Kohli rested, Rohit Sharma to lead team India
