Asia Cup: India unleash their strongest missile vs Pakistan - Who is back in XI?

India and Pakistan are acceptable to renew their storied rivalry successful the Asia Cup Super Four clash astatine the Dubai International Stadium connected Sunday evening. The stakes, arsenic ever, widen beyond points and qualification scenarios arsenic this is the marquee contention of the tournament, loaded with tension, unpredictability and play connected and disconnected the field.For India, the large quality is the instrumentality of Jasprit Bumrah to the playing XI arsenic skipper Suryamukar Yadav named India's playing XI aft winning the flip and electing to vessel first. After giving opportunities to seat players successful the erstwhile fixture against Oman, India are expected to tract their strongest combination.Bumrah’s inclusion provides an borderline with the caller shot and successful decease overs, portion Varun Chakaravarthy’s enigma rotation adds different dimension. Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma volition look to acceptable the code astatine the top, portion skipper Surya anchors the mediate order.Pakistan, meanwhile, get with questions of consistency. While their bowling remains threatening, led by Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf, the batting portion has looked vulnerable, particularly against Kuldeep Yadav’s left-arm wrist spin. Fakhar Zaman and skipper Salman Ali Agha volition beryllium nether unit to dependable the apical order, portion young Saim Ayub faces scrutiny aft a drawstring of failures.

Off the field, the build-up has been arsenic chaotic arsenic ever. Pakistan cancelled their pre-match property conference, echoing the uncertainty of their earlier group-stage crippled that was delayed by an hour. The lingering fallout of the handshake enactment and PCB’s standoff with the ICC has added layers of play to a contention that already sells itself.On paper, India look the stronger side, but Pakistan’s unpredictability keeps them dangerous.

Both teams cognize momentum present could specify their Asia Cup campaigns and perchance acceptable the code for bigger battles ahead.India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun ChakaravarthyPakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed