Asia Cup: Will rain play spoilsport in the much awaited India-Pakistan clash? | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: The extremely anticipated showdown between India and Pakistan in the course of the Asia Cup 2023 is going through a formidable adversary: the climate in Kandy. According to Weather.com, thunderstorms are within the forecast, carrying a 90% chance of rain on September 2.
Google Weatheraligns with this prediction, anticipating a thundershower with a 90% probability of precipitation and humidity ranges round 84% in Kandy.As for the temperature, it is projected to hover round 28 levels celsius.In preparation for the upcoming conflict, the Indian males’s cricket staff touched down on the Colombo airport earlier within the day. Notably, seasoned batter Virat Kohli and versatile all-rounder Hardik Pandya have been noticed engrossed in dialog.

While Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami and India head coach Rahul Dravid have been seen chatting and sharing laughs whereas sitting within the bus.
However, Team India might be lacking the providers of star batter KL Rahul of their marketing campaign opener in opposition to Pakistan. While Rahul is on the trail to restoration from his harm, a latest minor setback led him to hunt care beneath the supervision of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) till September 4 as confirmed by Dravid throughout a press convention on Tuesday.

“He (KL Rahul) had a good week with us, he is progressing really well on the route that we want to take, but he will be unavailable for the first part of the Kandy leg of the trip. The NCA will be looking after him while we are travelling. We will reassess him on the fourth (September 4) and we will take it from there. The signs are good and he is progressing really well,” Dravid stated.

Pakistan, India and Nepal are in Group Some time Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are in Group B. The match will comply with a hybrid mannequin with Pakistan internet hosting 4 matches throughout two venues and Sri Lanka internet hosting the remaining video games.

The six group-stage matches might be adopted by the Super Fours starting September 6.
The ultimate might be performed by the highest two groups on the finish of the Super Fours on September 17 in Colombo.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
(With ANI inputs)