Asia Cup 2022 LIVE – India vs Pakistan LIVE: India’s interim head coach VVS Laxman is confident that Rohit Sharma and Co. can successfully defend their Asia Cup title when the tournament begins this weekend. The National Cricket Academy (NCA) chief was brought in to fill in for incumbent head coach Rahul Dravid, who tested positive for COVID-19. Laxman opines a tournament like the Asia Cup will work wonders for Team India ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Follow Asia Cup 2022 LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN
Speaking exclusively to Insidesport, VVS Laxman said, “The team is completely ready to lift Asia Cup Trophy. We have strong competition for places in the squad. It is good that we’ll be playing such a competitive tournament before the T20 World Cup.”
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Asia Cup 2022: VVS Laxman declares to InsideSport, ‘Team completely ready to lift Asia Cup’ as Rohit Sharma and Co begin title defence against Pakistan on August 28 – Check out
India vs Pakistan Live: Team India will begin their Asia Cup campaign with a clash against arch-rivals Pakistan. It is, as always, expected to be a blockbuster clash on August 28 in Dubai. Babar Azam’s side defeated the Men in Blue their last outing and India will smell revenge this weekend.
Rohit Sharma and Co could face their arch rivals thrice over the next two weeks and beating them would be key to lifting the Asia Cup title. India are the defending champions with Rohit and Co having lifted the trophy in 2018. Interim head coach VVS Laxman remains confident that his team can retain the title for a record eighth time.
“The team is completely ready to lift Asia Cup Trophy” – VVS Laxman
Asia Cup 2022: VVS Laxman declares to InsideSport, ‘Team completely ready to lift Asia Cup’ as Rohit Sharma and Co begin title defence against Pakistan on August 28 – Check out’
With the T20 world Cup set to kick off in October, the Asia Cup comes at a crucial juncture for Team India providing some big-game experience for the squad. If KL Rahul will look to spend more time on the crease, Virat Kohli will be eager to be amongst the runs in the UAE. The Men in Blue were knocked out in the group stage last year and will be aiming to do well this time around in Australia.
Laxman reckons that the experience of playing the Asia Cup will certainly augur well for Rohit Sharma and Co ahead of the T20 WC. He said, “It is good that we’ll be playing such a competitive tournament before the T20 World Cup.”
With Indian team management having worked on creating a massive ‘bench strength’ India have a host of options to choose from. Laxman, as per information available with Insidesport, has called up for a team meeting at 9:30 PM on Thursday to decide the course of action as India prepare to face Pakistan. With Laxman taking charge of the team officially, various points are set to be discussed, including the team composition and the Playing XI.
Asia Cup 2022: VVS Laxman declares to InsideSport, ‘Team completely ready to lift Asia Cup’ as Rohit Sharma and Co begin title defence against Pakistan on August 28 – Check out
India Asia Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Backups: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Axar Patel
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