Asia Cup 2022, India (IND) vs Pakistan (PAK) Playing 11

The India-Pakistan rivalry is one of the most famous rivalries in world sport, and this year's Asia Cup will be no exception

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The two teams have played each other 14 times with eight wins for India (and five losses) versus two victories by Pakistan

The replacement of Shaheen Afridi by Mohammad Hasnain will be a huge loss for the side

but it’s not all bad news as they have been placed in an excellent position to qualify from Group A with two games left

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India: Rohit Sharma ©, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

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Pakistan: Babar Azam ©, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani

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The two teams, led by Babar Azam and Rohit Sharma respectively will be competing at this tournament in absence of key players

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The premier bowlers from both sides have withdrawn themselves owing to injuries while pacer Mohammad Wasim Jr

The last time these two teams faced off, was in the T20 World Cup in 2021, which Pakistan won single-handedl

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