Asia Cup 2022: There is totally different stress in India-Pakistan matches, says Babar Azam

Asia Cup 2022: India and Pakistan are subsequent scheduled to face one another on Sunday, August 28 on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Asia Cup: There is totally different stress in India-Pakistan matches, says Babar Azam. Courtesy: Reuters

HIGHLIGHTSPakistan and India will face one another on August 28Pakistan misplaced each their Asia Cup matches to India in 2018Pakistan are set to face Netherlands in an ODI collection

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam admitted that matches between India and the Men in Green pose a distinct stage of problem to the gamers. The two groups final confronted within the T20 World Cup 2021, the place Pakistan gained by 10 wickets after Babar and Mohammad Rizwan’s unbeaten 150 plus stand in Dubai.

The two groups are once more set to lock horns in Dubai, this time within the Asia Cup on Sunday, August 28. Babar, nevertheless, mentioned that they’d attempt to deal with it as a standard match.

“We always try to play it like a normal match, but yes, there is definitely different pressure [on us],” Babar was quoted as saying earlier than Pakistan’s tour of the Netherlands.

Earlier, veteran batter Sohaib Maqsood mentioned that Pakistan have misplaced huge matches to India due to ‘overexcitement’.

“The reason for the green shirts’ consistent defeat against India in World Cup matches is because the Pakistani team became overexcited (sic). However, in the recent past, our team has started treating Indo-Pak matches normally, and it has improved our performance too,” Maqsood mentioned.

Maqsood final performed in August 2021 and was later dominated out of the World Cup in Oman and the United Arab Emirates resulting from an harm.

As far as Pakistan are involved, earlier than beginning their marketing campaign within the Asia Cup, Babar and Co. will face the Netherlands in a three-match ODI collection from August 16 to August 21 at Hazelaarweg in Rotterdam.

Pakistan misplaced to India the final time they confronted one another within the Asia Cup again in 2018. The Pakistan bowlers managed to select up solely three Indian wickets throughout two matches within the championship.

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