🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025 India vs Pakistan, 6th Match, Group A, Dubai🏏 - Page 6

This pitch seems drier compared to the rest and spin could be an important element," says Sanjay Manjrekar in the pitch report. "Pakistan feel this surface is on the slower side which can be seen in their selection," Ravi Shastri adds.

Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Salman Agha (capt), 5 Hasan Nawaz, 6 Mohammad Haris (wk), 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Sufiyan Muqeem, 11 Abrar Ahmed

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed

Hamid: "Very very similar combinations for both teams. Mystery spinner, left arm cinnamon. Left arm spinning all rounder. Medium fast bowling alrounder. Wow. It's the player to player comparison where Pakistan looks bleak. "

India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Sanju Samson (wk), 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun Chakravarthy

Amrit: "After so much buzz about toss being an important factor. Both the captain actually wanted different decisions, so technically toss was never important. "

No surprises from either side as they stick with the spinners on a pitch that looks dry. But they've read the conditions differently. Pakistan wanted runs on the board, while India felt the pitch plays better in the second innings and there could be dew as well. Interestingly, the last time a team won after opting to bat first in a night game in Dubai involving two Full Member sides was back in Nov 2018 when Pakistan beat New Zealand.

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