PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — India gained the toss and elected to bat first in an Asia Cup showdown towards Pakistan on Saturday.

It’s India’s first sport within the at some point worldwide event. Pakistan beat Nepal within the competitors’s curtain raiser.

The ODI is billed as a conflict between Pakistan’s quicks and India’s prime order. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf all clock above 140 kmph (87 mph) whereas India’s formidable prime order consists of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

India unnoticed quick bowler Mohammad Shami and picked Shardul Thakur to offer extra cowl in batting.

Pakistan opted to play the identical staff that gained the primary sport towards Nepal in Group A.

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Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.

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