Virat Kohli (L) and Haris Rauf© Twitter
The cricket followers and consultants are all speaking in regards to the on-field rivalry as India and Pakistan face one another in a much-anticipated match in Asia Cup 2023 on Saturday. The 2 sides haven’t performed a bilateral collection for greater than a decade and because of this, any sport between these conventional rivals offers rise of big fanfare and debates. Nevertheless, no rivalry was on show as Virat Kohli met Haris Rauf through the observe session of each side. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Kohli may be seen interacting with Rauf as the 2 cricketers hugged one another and exchanged pleasantries. It was the primary assembly of the duo since Kohli slammed a memorable six off Rauf’s bowling on the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan will discipline an unchanged taking part in XI towards India of their much-anticipated Asia Cup match.
Pakistan on Friday determined to call the identical crew which thrashed Nepal by 238 runs of their opening sport on Wednesday.
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Virat Kohli meets Haris Rauf forward of the Asia Cup. [Star Sports] pic.twitter.com/WDnZVIo1kp
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Pakistan made 342 for six using on a whole bunch by captain Babar Azam (151) and Iftikhar Ahmed (109 not out). Nepal had been bundled out for 104 with Shadab Khan taking 4 wickets.
Within the pre-match press convention, Pakistan captain Babar Azam knowledgeable that the PCB would reveal the taking part in XI towards India.
Babar additionally hoped that there may very well be a bit extra contribution from the middle-order to assist the highest three — himself, Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman.
“The highest order has been contributing nicely in latest instances. The boys within the center order are attempting their greatest to chip in and hopefully they’ll be capable of do it towards India,” he mentioned.
Pakistan taking part in XI: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammed Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf.
(With PTI inputs)
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