The most-anticipated Asia Cup 2023 conflict is lastly upon us. On Saturday, two arch-rivals and subcontinental powerhouses in India and Pakistan face off at Pallekele in Sri Lanka.

It guarantees to be an enthralling affair on the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, one of many picturesque venues within the island nation.

India are getting their Asia Cup marketing campaign off with this conflict whereas Pakistan have already received their opening match towards Nepal, a complete 238-run win.

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3:00 pm- Rohit Sharma to face the primary ball, from Shaheen Shah Afridi. Full supply, defended properly. India 0/0 in 0.1 overs (Rohit 0*, Gill 0*).

Lineups: Pakistan unchanged, No Shami for India

India taking part in XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.

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

Toss: India elects to bat

2.34 pm- Rohit Sharma has received the toss and India will likely be batting first below overcast situations right here in Pallekele.

Slight drizzle in Pallekele

There is a slight drizzle in Pallekele for the time being and the covers are being introduced on. However, specialists say it does not rain all day in Kandy at the moment of the month. 

Anyway, there was a little bit of rain early within the morning at Pallekele. But from about 10:30 am native time, it has been sunny until now. But now it’s drizzling ever so frivolously.

Pallekele climate below the highlight

It’s anticipated to be gloomy in Pallekele with rain predicted for the night. There is an actual probability that we would see a rain-truncated match. If that’s the case, the workforce that wins the toss may elect to bowl first with the intention to be sure that they’re forward of the Duckworth-Lewis calculations.

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Pakistan XI vs India revealed

Pakistan have already revealed their lineup for the Asia Cup match towards India. They are entering into with their trusted tempo bowling trio of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf. 

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

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IND vs PAK TV, telecast particulars

India vs Pakistan will likely be broadcast in a number of languages, throughout the next TV channels in India:

• Star Sports 1
• Star Sports 1 Hindi
• Star Sports 3
• Star Sports Select 1
• Star Sports Select 1 HD
• Star Sports HD1

IND vs PAK: Live stream, cell, on-line particulars

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