Asia Cup: India-Pak MahaMubabala to be done today;

Talking of Asia Cup, 12 matches have been played between these two teams. India has defeated Pakistan six times.

Dubai, JNN The teams of India and Pakistan will face face-to-face on Wednesday in the most widely contested Asia Cup -2018 match. Both teams had climbed past the Champions Trophy final last year, where Pakistan had beaten. Pakistan beat Hong Kong by eight wickets in their first match. Now, his effort will be to continue his own winning sequence against India as well.

If there is talk of Asia Cup then 12 matches have been played between these two teams. India defeated Pakistan six times, and five times Pakistan has succeeded in winning. While a match was canceled. Now Pakistan will want to match this record.

Pre-match dispute

There was little controversy about the timing of this match. Just before the match that is, India had a match against Hong Kong on Tuesday. According to media reports after the tournament was announced, the BCCI had disrupted this program. At the same time some former players had questioned this. Organizers, however, did not change the date of the match and India would have to play this match without any intervals.

Rohit gets big responsibility

Without Kohli, the responsibility increases on Rohit. They will not only need to get runs from their bats but also as a captain, they have to keep their strategies intact. 

In the first match, Rohit gave rest to Lokesh Rahul. Whether Rahul will sit on the bench against Pakistan or not, the address will be played in the match.

In addition to Rohit, there will be greater responsibility on Shikhar Dhawan in batting. In the last few years after Kohli, these two have taken the Indian batting firmly and now they have to face another tough test. Lokesh Rahul can come in third place without Kohli. Rohit can also try his hand at this number.

Rohit's biggest problem is the middle order, where the fourth and fifth numbers will have to face hardship. For these two numbers Rohit has the option of Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik and Manish Pandey.

Being an experienced player, the weight of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's shoulders has also increased.

The bowling of the team is above Bhubaneswar Kumar, Jaspreet Bumrah. Yuswendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will be in the lead role in the spin. 

If there is talk of Pakistan, then it is the responsibility of batting Babar Azam, Shikhar Jams. Jamshedo had batted very well against India in the final of the Champions Trophy and had laid the foundation of winning the team by creating huge scores. He has also scored a double hundred against Zimbabwe recently. His bat is in color which is not a good sign for India. Imam ul Haq hit a half century against Hong Kong. Fakhr and Imam's opening pair have the potential to disturb the Indian bowlers.

Pakistan's strength is its bowling. At the end of his bowling, Pakistan had won the Champions Trophy in India. The bowling responsibility will be mainly on Hasan Ali and Mohammad Aamir. At the same time, young Usman Khan too has influenced his recent performance. He made three wickets in his last match.

Pakistan have only one strong bowler in spin, it is leg-spinner Shadab Khan. Pakistan also has an experienced off-spinner in the form of Malik, but for many days his spin magic has not been much effective.

Teams:

India

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuswendra Chahal, Akshar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Shardul Thakur and Khalil Ahmed

Pakistan

Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain), Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Fahim Ashraf, Fakhar Jaman, Harish Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imam ul Haq, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Aamir, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Shahin Afridi, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik, Usman Khan.