India-Pak Asia Cup clash marks return of the greatest rivalry on UAE soil

What makes this 12 months’s event, to be held within the T20 format in Dubai and Sharjah, particular is that it’ll additionally mark the return of the best rivalry in males’s cricket — India vs Pakistan. The return of the Asia Cup to the UAE additionally brings again the custom of India-Pakistan matches being performed within the nation via the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, primarily in Sharjah.

India, the defending champions and seven-time winners of the trophy, shall be trying to retain their throne as one of the best in Asia. A profitable defence of the Asia Cup title forward of the Males’s T20 World Cup in Australia in October-November, the place they are going to be dealing with Pakistan too on October 23, shall be an enormous enhance for India, who’ve embraced an attacking model of play with the bat since their early exit from the event final 12 months.

Pakistan, who had a surprising run to the semifinals within the UAE within the T20 World Cup final 12 months, shall be trying to be the prime challengers and do an encore of their 10-wicket victory over India through the mega occasion.

There are excessive possibilities that the best rivalry that includes India and Pakistan won’t solely occur a few times, however probably thrice within the event if each groups make it to the finals. After the group stage match on August 28 on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium, India and Pakistan shall be nicely on observe to face one another within the Tremendous 4 stage and, who is aware of, there may very well be a tantalising title conflict too.