- Team India will start their Asia Cup campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday, August 28 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Cricket fans are eying Virat Kohli ahead of India’s Asia Cup campaign as the former India captain is set to play the 100th T20I of his career in the India vs Pakistan match. In the match, he will become the first Indian batter, who has played 100 matches across all formats (Test, ODI & T20). The 33-year-old star got all attraction once again just because of his gladdening gesture after breaching security by a Pakistani fan for a selfie.
Just after finishing his training on Tuesday, the former India captain was going inside the team bus, but at the moment a fan approached him while breaching security to click a selfie, then security persons caught that fan and tried to thrash him, at the moment the fan shouted calling ‘Kohli’ sir… I’m from Pakistan and I want to take a photo with you, then India’s star batter turned back while pointing out security persons to stay andposed for a pic with him. Thereafter, Pakistani fan humbly thanks former India captain.
Pakistani fan posted that picture on social media and wrote, He [Kohli] is so humble, this is the best moment in my life. Soo after his post, the picture went viral across each social media.
Pakistani fan
Team India will start their Asia Cup campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday, August 28 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, while the tournament will start tomorrow on Saturday following a Group B match that will be played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
There are six teams in the tournament- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Qualifier team (UAE). The teams are divided into two groups A & B. The Blue Jersey team India is placed in Group A with their arch-rival Pakistan. UAE’s team is also placed in Group A, While Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are placed in Group B. The group matches will be played in super four rounds and the final will finish in Dubai on September 11.
Here is the full list of India’s matches for Asia Cup-2022:
There will be three matches in Group A. Team India will start their campaign in the second match of the tournament as well as the first group match on August 28 against their ever arch-rival Pakistan in the first group match. India will face the qualifier team in the second group match and third group match will be played between Pakistan and qualifier team as per schedule on September 2.
Group A Schedule: (India)
Group Match | Date | Teams |
1st | 28 August | India vs Pakistan |
2nd | 31 August | India vs Qualifier |
3rd | 2 September | Pakistan vs Qualifier |
Group B Schedule:
Group Match | Date | Teams |
1st | 27 August | Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan |
2nd | 30 August | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan |
3rd | 1 September | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh |
India Squad for Asia Cup 2022:
Rohit Sharma (Captain). KL Rahul (Vice-Captain) Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
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