Super-4 match between India and Pakistan today, rain can again create disturbance

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Colombo. The third match of the Super-4 stage of Asia Cup-2023 will be played between India and Pakistan today. The match will take place at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo from 3:00 pm Indian timing. The toss will take place at 2:30 pm.
After the announcement of reserve day for the India-Pakistan Super Four match, there was an atmosphere of chaos in the Asia Cup from Friday. Now, as both the teams look to renew their rivalry in Colombo on Sunday, the threat of rain has not subsided.
Just like India’s league match in Pallekele was washed out due to rain and their goal against Nepal was also affected for the same reason, rain in Colombo too is threatening to get washed out. According to various weather forecasts, there is a 90% chance of rain for Sunday’s match.

Due to this, Monday has been set aside as a reserve day for the clash, but the forecast also says that there is a 100% chance of rain. If there is a miracle when the weather clears up in Colombo, India would like to find some answers in finalizing their combination for the Men’s ODI World Cup.

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli look established in the top three, with Shreyas Iyer coming back as the number four batsman, giving India a choice between KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan as their first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman. You will have to find a solution to your dilemma of choosing.

Since January 2020, Rahul has averaged 56.53 in his resurgence as a reliable middle-order batsman for India, but a right thigh injury required surgery, keeping him out of action since May this year .

Although a minor injury related to the original injury kept him out of the Pallekele leg, he took part in wicket-keeping drills in Colombo, indicating that he was ready to play dual roles. On the other hand, left-handed batsman Kishan is on a run with four consecutive half-centuries.

Three of those fifties came as openers in the West Indies and the last of them was a brilliant 82 under pressure against Pakistan at number five, where he had never batted before, and impressed everyone with his versatility. .

India will also be keen to see how fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah fares as a bowler in the ODIs. Bumrah played against Pakistan last week but has not bowled in ODIs since July last year and he skipped the match against Nepal to go back home for the birth of his first child.

India’s batsmen will undoubtedly be challenged by the pace trio of Pakistan bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, who took all ten wickets in Pallekele, with Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan supporting them.

Although Naseem suffered a shoulder injury in the Super Four match against Bangladesh in Lahore, he resumed bowling. All these ingredients make for another exciting affair, provided it doesn’t rain.

Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna.

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

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