Former Indian captain and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly stated that he has no favourites for profitable the India versus Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 match as a result of each groups are actually good.  The Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan and Sri Lanka will kickstart from August 30 onwards, with the match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on September 2 on the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy set to function the Men in Blue’s marketing campaign opener.  Ganguly additionally stated that the health of Indian tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who made his return from harm and led India to a 2-0 collection win in opposition to Ireland, will get higher with time and India did the best factor by selecting Axar Patel within the squad for the continental event, as he can even bat nicely.

“Both India and Pakistan are good cricket teams. The team that plays well will win. I have no favourites….With time his (Jasprit Bumrah) fitness will get better….You can only have three spinners and I think they have done the right thing by picking Axar (Patel), he can bat,” stated Ganguly whereas speaking to reporters in Kolkata on Thursday.

The squad additionally marks the return of Jasprit Bumrah to ODI cricket after a niche of a couple of yr. After proving his health within the ongoing T20I collection in opposition to Ireland, Bumrah is ready to check himself within the 50-over format heading into the World Cup. India’s tempo assault can be boosted by the return of Mohammed Siraj, who was not within the workforce for a while as a result of a sore ankle.

Tilak Varma made it to India’s Asia Cup squad on the again of his robust efficiency in opposition to West Indies through the tour that ended this month.

Bowling all-rounders Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel are additionally within the squad to provide the captain extra variety in selections. Apart from Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja can also be within the workforce as an all-rounder.

Pakistan, India and Nepal are in Group Some time Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are in Group B. The event will comply with a hybrid mannequin with Pakistan internet hosting 4 matches throughout two venues and Sri Lanka internet hosting the remaining video games.

The six group-stage matches can be adopted by the Super Fours, starting September 6.

The last can be performed by the highest two groups on the finish of the Super Fours on September 17 in Colombo.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.