File picture of Babar Azam (left) and Rohit Sharma.© AFP
India are set to tackle Pakistan of their Asia Cup 2023 marketing campaign opener on September 2 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma would be the captain of the Indian aspect towards the Babar Azam-led workforce. This would be the first recreation between the 2 sides since their 2022 T20 World Cup recreation. Ahead of the sport on Saturday, Rohit praised the Pakistan workforce and likewise gave an attention-grabbing reply when requested if there could be an India vs Pakistan recreation within the last of the match.
“Probably maybe in this tournament,” was the reply of Rohit on probabilities of a summit conflict between the arch-rivals in Asia Cup 2023.
“Pakistan have played really well in recent times in T20s and ODIs. They worked really hard to be No.1, it’ll be a good challenge for us tomorrow (Saturday),” he added.
Ahead of the Asia Cup, Pakistan rose to the number one place within the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings. On the opposite hand, India are on the third spot.
While followers are a lot excited in regards to the conflict that takes locations on Satuday, Rohit downplayed the talks saying: “Rivalry is there for people to talk about. As a team, what we see is we have an opposition to play tomorrow and see what we want to do. What is going to help us is to keep doing the right things on the field.
“There are six very aggressive groups within the Asia Cup and on a given day anybody can beat anybody.”
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