Asia Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan date, timings & full list of players

Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam will lead their respective teams in what promises to be a cracking encounter. (P.C.:Twitter)

India and Pakistan will lock horns in their Asia Cup 2022 opener on Sunday, August 28, in Dubai. Pakistan defeated the Men in Blue by 10 wickets at this very venue in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.

This time, Team India will be under a new captain in Rohit Sharma and have been playing an exciting brand of cricket lately. It will be interesting to see whether these two factors will help them avenge last year's comprehensive defeat.

Pakistan, on the other hand, will be confident after their thumping win over their arch-rivals in their previous encounter. However, Shaheen Afridi, one of their main weapons, has been ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury. It will be interesting to see if Afridi's absence gives Sharma's men an edge.

The Men in Blue, meanwhile, will miss the services of ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah and T20 specialist Harshal Patel due to injuries.

The India vs Pakistan Asia Cup head to head stats are available here, click to view.

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IND vs PAK Asia Cup - Match date, timings & live streaming details

India and Pakistan will go head-to-head at the Dubai International Stadium on August 28. The Asia Cup 2022 match will begin at 6.00 pm local time, 7.30 pm IST.

For fans in India, the game will be streamed live on the Disney+ Hotstar app and the Star Sports Network will be the official television broadcaster.

Pakistan fans can watch the tournament on PTV and Ten Sports as they will be the official broadcasters in their country.

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IND vs PAK - Asia Cup squads & players lists

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, and Avesh Khan.

Reserves: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.

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Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Hasnain, Shahnawaz Dahani, and Usman Qadir.