Colombo: India and Pakistan will face each other in the Asia Cup Cricket Super Four. The match will be played at the Ramon Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, both day and night.
The weather forecast is that there will be rain in and around Colombo today. The group match between India and Pakistan at Palekale was abandoned due to rain.
The weather report says that there is a 90 percent chance of rain. A reserve day has been announced for the match. The match between India and Nepal was also hampered by rain. India can try Lokesh Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah if the game goes ahead. Rahul hasn’t played in an ODI since last March. Bumrah returned to the field through the Twenty20 series against Ireland. With Lokesh Rahul returning, wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan will be out. Ishan scored half-centuries in four consecutive innings. Bumrah did not play against Nepal as he was in the country due to the birth of his first child. Apart from Ishan, Mohammad Shami will also be out today. Pakistan is relieved that Naseem Shah, who was injured during the match against Bangladesh in Lahore, has recovered his fitness. It is indicated that there will be no change in the final eleven. The uniqueness of Ramon Premadasa Stadium is its inaccessibility. Captain Babar Azam is next to Saeed Anwar’s (29) record as the Pakistan batsman who scored the most centuries in ODIs. India’s left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja is trying to complete 200 wickets in ODIs. Jadeja will take 200 wickets in ODIs if he dismisses three more. He is the third Indian spinner to achieve this feat after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.
Probable Team: India- Subhman Gill, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
Probable Squad: Pakistan- Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Muhammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
