When India vs Pakistan will take place in Asia Cup 2023?

All details you need to know about India vs Pakistan clash in the upcoming Asia Cup 2023.

India and Pakistan, the much-awaited clash of the two Asian giants will happen when the Asia Cup begins on August 30, 2023. The tournament will be played in a hybrid model for the first time, with Pakistan and Sri Lanka being the hosts.

This happened because BCCI refused to send the Indian team to Pakistan for the tournament that the neighbors were hosting for the first time since 2008. After many negotiations between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), it was finalized that while Pakistan will remain as the hosts of the tournament, Sri Lanka will also host a few matches.

ACC unveiled the schedule of the tournament, with Pakistan hosting four matches in total including three group games and one super fours match, while the rest of the matches and the final are to be played in Sri Lanka.

Asia Cup this year will be played from 30 August 2023 to 17 September 2023, with Multan hosting the tournament opener and Colombo hosting the final.

India will play all their games in Sri Lanka and have been put in Group A with Pakistan and Nepal. Group B consists of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 encounter date

The big encounter between India and Pakistan will take place on September 2nd, 2023 at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Two days after that game, India will play Nepal in their second group stage game on September 4th, also at the same venue.

India squad for the Asia Cup 2023:

India’s squad for the Asia Cup was announced on August 21, 2023, by the BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar in the company of India captain Rohit Sharma in Delhi.

The squad saw the return of Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, and Prasidh Krishna in the India ODI setup, while 20-year-old Tilak Varma was handed his maiden ODI call-up as well, after his impressive outing in West Indies T20I series.

Yuzvendra Chahal was dropped from the team in preference of an extra pacer.

India Asia Cup squad: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami

Traveling reserve: Sanju Samson

Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup 2023:

The Pakistan squad also had some surprises as the Babar Azam-captained side saw Imad Wasim missing from the list. Also, Faheem Ashraf was picked as a pace bowling all-rounder after two years in the wilderness.

Tayyab Tahir was rewarded for his performance in the final of the Emerging Team’s Asia Cup event against India.

Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 squad: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.

India vs Pakistan head-to-head details in Asia Cup tournament

The Asia Cup tournament was started in 1984 and was played in Sharjah, with the Sunil Gavaskar-led Indian team winning the tournament. With seven titles, India are the most successful team in the history of the Men’s Asia Cup, followed by Sri Lanka (six times) and Pakistan (twice).

The tournament was a 50-over affair till 2014. After that, it was decided that the Asia Cup would be played in the format of the ICC event which followed it and hence the 2016 and 2022 editions were played in T20 format.

India and Pakistan have met 17 times at the Asia Cup across formats. India hold a 9-6 lead in the 15 matches (including 4-1 in the last five) that have produced a result.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 match date

India and Pakistan are slated to meet each other in the Asia Cup 2023 on September 2nd in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

However, there is also the possibility of them clashing thrice in the tournament including the group stage, if both Pakistan and India qualify for the super fours stage and then also in the final.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 match venue

The most anticipated IND vs. PAK game in the Asia Cup 2023 will be held on 2nd September in Kandy.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Match time

The most anticipated IND vs. PAK game in the Asia Cup 2023 will be held on 2nd September in Kandy and the start time will be 3:00 PM IST.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Match details

The Asia Cup returns to the One-Day International (ODI) format after a gap of five years and serves as a crucial warm-up event for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India, scheduled for October and November.

The Asia Cup will take place from August 30 to September 17. The venues for the matches will be  Multan, Lahore, Kandy, and Colombo.

India and Pakistan will face in their Group A match on September 2nd in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Match broadcasting details

One can see India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 match in India live on Star Sports, the official broadcasters of the tournament.

Star Sports will broadcast live Asia Cup 2023 matches on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports, Star Sports 2, Select 1 HD, Star Sports 2 HD, and Star Sports Tamil.

On the other hand, the tournament will be streamed live on Disney+ Hotstar. The streaming service has decided to live stream the Asia Cup 2023 for free for mobile users in India.

Viewers in Pakistan can watch the Asia Cup live on PTV Sports and stream the tournament live on Ten Sports. Gazi TV in Bangladesh will broadcast the Asia Cup, while Ariana TV will show the continental event in Afghanistan.

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