Pakistan has announced its strong squad for the upcoming T20 Asia Cup to be held in Netherlands and UAE. Pakistan will play its first match in the Asia Cup against India on Sunday 28 August. Star Tej Shaheen Afridi has been included in both the teams
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He is set to return to the field during the three-match Super League series against the Netherlands after recently missing the second Test against Sri Lanka last month. PCB has announced a 15-man squad for the Asia Cup.
Babar Azam will once again take charge of Pakistan after being made the captain of both the squads, while fast bowler Naseem Shah has been included in place of fellow pacer Hasan Ali. Five players who played in the series against Netherlands are not part of the Asia Cup.
Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris, Salman Ali Agha and Zahid Mahmood will be replaced by Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Qadir. Pakistan team will play ODI against Netherlands on 16, 18 and 21 August.
India-Pakistan clash may happen thrice in Asia Cup
India, Pakistan and a qualifier team have been placed in Group A, while Group B consists of hosts Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. All matches will begin at 6 pm local time. Dubai has hosted 10 matches of this tournament while Sharjah has hosted three matches.
All teams will play one match each in their group on a round-robin basis. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super-4 round, not the semi-finals. All the teams will again take on each other in the Super-4 and then the top two teams in the Super-4 will qualify for the final, which will be held in Dubai on 11 September.
Looking at the schedule of this event, it's clear that both India and Pakistan brigades can face each other a aggregate of three times. There's every possibility of these two arch rivals meeting in theSuper-4 after the group matches and also in the tests as well.
Pakistan team for Netherlands ODI Babar Azam( capt), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam- ul- Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad WasimJr., Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Zahid Mahmood
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi , Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadiri
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