Asia Cup: ‘Put them under pressure' - Pak coach fires stern warning to India before final clash

Pakistan caput manager Mike Hesson urged his players to ore connected cricket up of their historical first-ever Asia Cup last against India connected Sunday successful Dubai, pursuing heightened tensions during their erstwhile 2 encounters since the May subject struggle betwixt the nations.Pakistan secured their spot successful the last by defeating Bangladesh by 11 runs successful Thursday's Super Four lucifer successful Dubai.The erstwhile 2 India-Pakistan matches successful this Asia Cup were marked by controversy, with some teams refusing to shingle hands aft some games.The matches saw assorted arguable gestures, with Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav accused of making a governmental connection aft the archetypal match, portion Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan and Haris Rauf made assertive gestures successful the second."Look, my connection to the players is conscionable absorption connected cricket and that surely we volition beryllium doing. In presumption of gestures determination has ever been passionateness successful presumption of high-pressure games," said Hesson.India has dominated the caller encounters, winning some matches successful this tourney - by 7 wickets successful the Group A lucifer and by six wickets successful the Super Four stage.India's supremacy extends to a seven-match winning streak against Pakistan crossed formats since 2022, including 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is.

"We person to beryllium bully capable to enactment India nether unit for longer due to the fact that determination is simply a crushed wherefore they are ranked the apical broadside successful the world," Hesson said. "We person to enactment them nether unit and that volition beryllium our challenge."Pakistan's show has shown betterment betwixt the 2 matches. They scored lone 127-9 successful the archetypal game, which India easy chased down."I deliberation the mode we played against India successful the past lucifer was a immense measurement up from the archetypal game," said Hesson.

"The archetypal crippled was a spot passive, we allowed India to power the game.""The past lucifer we had that crippled by the scruff of the cervix for agelong periods and it took an exceptional innings from

Abhishek Sharma

that took the crippled distant from us."In the 2nd match, Pakistan posted a much competitory total, but Abhishek Sharma's awesome 74 runs disconnected 39 balls helped India successfully pursuit down the 172-run target."We person deserved this accidental truthful it's present up to america to marque the astir of it," said Hesson. "We person been trying to beryllium successful a presumption to triumph the trophy."The erstwhile New Zealand manager believes his squad indispensable support unit passim the last to person a accidental astatine triumph against the satellite champions.