India will be up against Pakistan in the second match of the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup 2025. This article provides details about India’s Playing 11 vs Pakistan for this particular match.
India Playing 11 vs Pakistan- Asia Cup 2025, Super 4 Match 2:
Openers: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma
India would aim to get off to a winning start in the second round of the 2025 Asia Cup, courtesy of a win against arch-rivals Pakistan.
India is expected to field their strongest XI for this particular match after resting a couple of its key players for the team’s last group stage match against Oman.
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The Suryakumar Yadav-led side will open the innings with the pair of Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill.
Abhishek would like to continue the good form he has shown in the eight-team tournament.
Shubman, on the other hand, has struggled to get going in the tournament so far and was dismissed in the last group stage match against Oman.
The vice captain would wish to get a big score under his belt to gain confidence for the matches to come.
As a pair, both Abhishek and Shbman would want to give the Men in Blue a solid start in the first overs to make things easy for the middle-order batters.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel
The openers will be followed by a middle order, which hasn’t been tested to a great extent in the ongoing edition of the Asia Cup, barring the match against Oman, when every batter except captain Suryakumar Yadav got a hit in the middle.
Surya will be expected to be back at his usual batting position of number three or four, which has been quite fruitful for him since he made his T20I debut.
The captain would expect to get good support from batters like Tilak Vema, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Sanju Samson, all of whom batted against Oman.
One of the biggest positives for the Men in Blue from the previous outing was the form of Sanju Samson, who scored a half-century in tricky conditions.
The only concern for the Men in Blue going into the match against Pakistan would be the form of Hardik Pandya, the batter, who was run out at the non-striker’s end after facing just one ball.
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
As far as the makeup of India’s bowling department is concerned, the team management, in all likelihood, will stick to the formula of going in with one specialist bowler in the form of Jasprit Bumrah.
Bumrah, who was rested for the previous match, will get the company of Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube as the two pace bowling all-rounders.
The trio of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, and Varun Chakarvarthy will take care of the team’s spin bowling department.
India has as many as six genuine bowling options, with Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma chipping in as and when required during the game.
