🏏India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup-Super Four, Match 14 (A1 v A2) Dubai🏏 - Page 4

Axar hasn't done any bowling yet in the warmups. He was one of the stars of the show the last time these teams met. "Now he's having a look at the pitch and visualizing. Ravi Shastri spoke to him for a few seconds, pointed to his neck in response," says Pratyush.

Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha are walking out for the toss.

India won the toss and opted to bowl first.

India have won the toss and have opted to field

Suryakumar: We'll bowl first. Looks a nice track and yesterday there was dew. Since first round we were thinking we're playing a knockout tournament, nothing changes. That was a completely different wicket (in Abu Dhabi). Quite normal, just another game.

India have won the toss and they'll bowl first. Suryakumar says yesterday at training there was a lot of dew, which has influenced his decision. He adds that they've been playing like all matches are knockouts so nothing changes. He highlights the differences between the Abu Dhabi and Dubai pitches, Dubai playing slower. Bumrah and Varun come back.

Salman Agha says Pakistan would have liked to bowl as well. He adds that this game is a new challenge and they want to play good cricket. Mood in the team is normal. Two changes - Faheem and Talat back for Nawaz and Khushdil

Salman: Would've bowled first as well. It's a new game, new challenge. The mood is very normal. Pitch looks to be on the slower side. Want to start well with both bat and ball. Two changes. Hasan Nawaz and Khushdil Shah not playing.

Teams:

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

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

STAT: The chasing side has won eight out of the last nine T20Is b/w India & Pakistan, the only exception being the T20 World Cup game in New York last year.

Teams:

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

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

Salman: Would've bowled first as well. It's a new game, new challenge. The mood is very normal. Pitch looks to be on the slower side. Want to start well with both bat and ball. Two changes. Hasan Nawaz and Khushdil Shah not playing.

Suryakumar: We'll bowl first. Looks a nice track and yesterday there was dew. Since first round we were thinking we're playing a knockout tournament, nothing changes. That was a completely different wicket (in Abu Dhabi). Quite normal, just another game. Bumrah and Varun come back for Arshdeep and Harshit.

India have won the toss and have opted to field