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Virat Kohli Meets Pakistan Captain Babar Azam Ahead of Asia Cup 2022 Clash

Virat Kohli Meets Pakistan Captain Babar Azam Ahead of Asia Cup 2022 Clash

Only three days to go for the mega exciting battle of India vs Pakistan at Asia Cup2022 in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 28.Both teams have arrived in UAE, India took off for Dubai on Wednesday, while Pakistan reached there a day ago. The BCCI posted a video regarding the Indian team’s arrival in Dubai.

In the video, the former India skipper Virat Kohli can be seen clearly meeting with current Pakistani captain Babar Azam. During a few seconds of the meeting, Kohli can be seen shaking hands with Babar and patting his shoulder wishing him all the best, while Babar is also giving respect to Kohli as a senior player of cricket. Overall, the meeting of both veteran cricketers is a very interesting moment in the video.

In the video, Yuzvendra Chahal is also in focus, and he can be seen meeting with Afghani players as well as Indian fellows.

Asia Cup 2022 will start onAugust 27 and continue till September 11. There will be six teams in the Asia Cup this season. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and one qualifier team of UAE. The teams are divided into two groups-Group A and Group B. India, Pakistan, and the Qualifier team are placed in group A, while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are in group B. The first match will be played between two teams in group B -Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, while the second match tournament will be played between India and Pakistan of group A on Sunday, August 28.

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.

Read also:Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli set to play his 100th T20I on 28 August

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