World cricket's two biggest rivals, Pakistan and India, will face off in the second match of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Sta...
According to a report in maknews-21, Pakistan is missing the services of tall, fast, dangerous fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi due to fitness issues.
Shaheen Shah Afridi was an important part of the national team that defeated India in the last match played between the two countries in Dubai.
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On the other hand, India will also be without their key fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the high voltage match of the event.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was forced to make a change in the team on Friday when fast bowler Mohammad Wasim suffered a back injury during training and was replaced by Hasan Ali.
Despite the absence of key players, the Pakistan captain expressed confidence about the current options, saying that his team's success against India in the T20 World Cup last year is encouraging.
Babar Azam said during the news conference yesterday that Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of our best bowlers, he bowls aggressively and attacks in the early overs, so we will miss him.
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He said that if Shaheen Shah Afridi was available for the match, the situation would have been different, but our other bowlers are also good, we have full confidence in our team.
He said that our squad consists of quality and match-winning cricketers who will step up and take charge during the tournament.
The Pakistani captain said that in last year's KT20 World Cup where Pakistan reached the semi-finals, we proved that we are not a team that wins matches with just one player. Five of our different players were adjudged Man of the Match.
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The world famous batsman said that everyone is waiting for the match between Pakistan and India, it is important to enjoy this match, we have a strong team, fitness problems happen, they are an integral part of the game, I Every player has confidence.
Last year, in the T20 World Cup match to be held in Dubai on October 24, 2021, India suffered a worst defeat by 10 wickets at the hands of the Green Shirts.
Babar Azam said that every match is important for me, as a captain my job is to give 100% effort and we try to do our best, T20 World Cup match is a thing of the past, you are confident but It is expressed during the match.
Despite the tension and tension between the two countries, players from both India and Pakistan exchanged greetings during the practice session, pictures and videos of Babar Azam and Indian superstar Virat Kohli meeting on the sidelines of the practice session went viral.
Babar Azam said that as a sportsman you try to meet different players, we met all of them, it is normal that you talk to the players about cricket and other things.
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Another video of the conversation between Babar Azam and his Indian counterpart Rohit Sharma came out on Friday night.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma said in a news conference on Saturday that when 2 quality teams play, it is a good competition. As players, we just want to focus on our game.
Rohit Sharma said last year's match will have no bearing on Sunday's match, the defeat hurt us at the time but I think it's been a long time since we played that game.
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