‘Barish ho jaye maja aa jayega’ – Fans react as clouds appear few hours ahead of INDO-PAK clash in Asia Cup 2023

Fans in India and Pakistan are waiting anxiously for the mega clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023. Since the tournament started on August 30 and before this, the only thing that matters to both sets of fans is India vs Pakistan on September 2. However, in the last few days, weather gods have been kind to farmers and nature but not to cricket.

Apparently, in the last few days, Pallekele has been experiencing regular and sometimes, heavy rains. As predicted by ACCUWEATHER, the game will be impacted by the rain. Meanwhile, hours before the game, dark clouds were witnessed outside the stadium. These visuals are giving fans a scare as regular rain might lead to the match being abandoned.

Pakistan announces their playing XI

In the tournament opener, the two-time winner, Pakistan brushed aside debutants, Nepal by 238 runs. In the game, skipper Babar Azam and middle-order batter Iftikhar Ahmed scored hundreds. While the former became the first Pakistani to score 150 plus in an Asia Cup game, Ahmad hit his maiden ODI hundred.

With the ball, Shadab Khan took four wickets while the pacers gave early jolts. They have announced the playing a day ahead of the game. On the other hand, the Men In Blue are missing KL Rahul, who is ruled out of the first round due to a niggle. Ishan Kishan is set to replace him

India (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (c), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Ishan Kishan (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur/Mohammed Shami, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Babar Azam (c), 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Agha Salman, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Naseem Shah, 11 Haris Rauf

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