The Emerging Teams Asia Cup, organized by The Asian Cricket Council, has started in Sri Lanka from 13 July. Teams from a total of 8 countries have participated in this tournament. There are also teams from India and Pakistan.
India and Pakistan (India vs Pakistan Team) are in Group-B in this tournament. The first encounter between these two is on 19 July. According to Indian time, the match will start at 2 pm. The match will be played at R Premadasa Stadium Khettarama Colomb in Colombo. In this match, Pakistan’s bowler Qasim Akram can wreak havoc. Seeing this, the Indian team will have to make its strategy. Qasim took 6 wickets in the match played against UAE. Qasim Akram took 6 wickets for just 26 runs in his 10-over spell with 1 maiden over.
Pakistan-A defeated UAE by 184 runs in the match played on Monday. In the PAK-A vs UAE-A Emerging Asia Cup, 2023 match played at P Sara Oval ground, UAE won the toss and chose bowling and invited Pakistan team to bat first. Batting first, Pakistan scored 309 runs for 10 wickets. Chasing a mountain of 310 runs for victory, the UAE team could not last long in front of Pakistan’s dangerous bowling and in 29.5 overs, the UAE team got piled on a score of 125 runs.
However, UAE got off to a good start in the chase. UAE’s opening pair shared a 59-run partnership for the first wicket. Pakistan’s lethal bowler Qasim Akram fell UAE’s first wicket in the 11th over. He took the wicket of Aryansh Sharma. After that there was a flurry of wickets. Qasim Akram alone took 6 wickets. Qasim took 6 wickets for just 26 runs in 10 overs bowling with 1 maiden over. Player of the match was Qasim Akram.
In the India vs Pakistan match to be played on 19th July, the Indian team will have to plan their batting strategy wisely. So that bowlers like Qasim Akram can be tested.
Talking about the Indian cricket team for this tournament, the team is excellent. The captain is Yash Dhul. The team has a good balance of batsmen and bowlers.
