The men's Asia Cup 2022 will include a thrilling match between India and Pakistan on Sunday. Both teams will rekindle their rivalry this year for the first time since their T20 World Cup 2021 encounter, which Pakistan (led by Babar Azam) won by a comfortable margin of 10 wickets in Dubai. In the Group A match of the continental tournament, India and Pakistan will coincidentally play there. Since their poor performance at the T20 World Cup, the Indian side has undergone substantial changes, with Rohit Sharma taking over as captain, the emergence of several top pacers, and other acquisitions.
Even if the Indian team appears to be far superior on paper, according to former India captain Kapil Dev, the performance on the field will ultimately determine the outcome. India will be looking to move over the shocking loss last year under Rohit. India was a similar superior team in the T20 World Cup the year before, according to Kapil.
“You can't be sure about anything in T20. You can predict to some extent in ODIs and T20Is, but it is very difficult to predict in T20s. I will say that our team has experience and they are better, but we were better last time as well. So, it's quite difficult to say anything,” Kapil said on the YouTube channel Uncut.
The former India all-rounder who won a World Cup stated, “Still, if you go into stats and players, Indian team is far better. But it all depends on how the side plays on that particular day,”.
While the squad's defeat to Pakistan last time hurt, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma earlier said that Sunday's resumption of the rivalry with Babar Azam's team will mark a new beginning for the team.
"We do talk about our losses, that's how we improve as a team. That loss did hurt us at that point, but I think it's been a while since that game has been played," said Rohit in the pre-match press conference.
"We learn from our mistakes. For now it's a fresh start for us and obviously the team is coming out of playing a lot of T20 cricket. We will not think too much about what happened in October, that was a long time back."
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