India and Pakistan are set to face off again in a Group A clash at the Asia Cup 2025
India comes into the match in good form, having thrashed UAE in its opening game. After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, the Indian spinners ran riot as UAE was bowled out for a paltry 57. Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill then completed a bulk of the chase as it cruised home by nine wickets.
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Pakistan also comes into the match in good touch, having hammered Oman by 93 runs. Mohammad Haris was among the runs with 66 as it posted 160/7 in its 20 overs before the bowlers shot Oman out for just 67.
Here are the predicted XIs for the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 match:
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammed Haris, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (captain), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf
Full squads
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.
Published on Sep 14, 2025
