Former Pakistan captain, Shahid Afridi, has made his prediction on theupcoming high-octane clash between arch-rivals, Pakistan and India, in the2022 Asia Cup. Afridi made his prediction during a question-and-answersession on Twitter.
The 44-year-old was asked by a fan about the outcome of thehighly-anticipated encounter to which he responded that whichever team canhold their nerve and make the least mistakes will come out victorious inthe match.
The upcoming match between Pakistan and India will be their first face-offsince last year’s T20 World Cup. Pakistan emerged victorious on thatoccasion as they trounced their opponents by 10 wickets, inflicting theheaviest defeat in India’s T20 cricket history.
The Men in Green will be hoping to repeat their heroics and start thetournament on the right note. However, they will be without their starbowler, Shaheen Afridi, who has been ruled out of the tournament aftersuffering a knee injury. Shaheen was the star of the show the last timethese two teams met. He picked up the wickets of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul,and Virat Kohli as Pakistan tightened the screws on a strong Indian battingunit.
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The two teams will face each other in their first match of the tournamenton 28 August at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Both the teams areplaced in Group A alongside a qualifier that is yet to be determined. Thetop two teams from each of the two groups will qualify for the Super 4sstage of the tournament. The top two teams at the end of the Super 4s stagewill face each other in the final.
