India and Pakistan will tackle for the second time within the Asia Cup 2023 on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.

The first assembly between the edges might attain its fruits with rain washing out your complete second innings of the competition.

This was not the primary event that rain spoiled a fixture between the archrivals. The sides have performed a thrice within the island nation earlier than 2023, and the primary match, through the 1997 Asia Cup, was washed away as a consequence of rain.

Pakistan beat India by 59 runs on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo within the 2004 Asia Cup, courtesy of an all-round effort from Shoaib Malik.

The third contest noticed India prevail by three wickets as Harbhajan Singh’s heroics helped his aspect chase down 268 with only one ball to spare.

Squads

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

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir (travelling reserve).