India will be looking to settle the score with Pakistan as they clash in Dubai for the Asia Cup. The last time these two teams faced each other was in the finals of Champions Trophy 2017 where Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs. The match had a cumulative reach of more than 201 million people and the viewership had 47.45 million impressions across the globe. It is also the first time that Pakistan will be playing under a Prime Minister who got them their only World Cup way back in 1992. Imran Khan is in all likelihood set to be present to witness the clash with India in Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Many experts, including India’s Sunil Gavaskar, say Pakistan will start as favourites today. India will be without Virat Kohli, the mainstay of their batting for some time now. He has been given rest due to long but disappointing tour of England where under his leadership, India lost both the ODI as well as the Test series. With a difficult first game against Hong Kong yesterday and back to back game today that too against arch rivals Pakistan, will India stand up to the task or falter?
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Footage Courtesy:-
India vs Pakistan, ICC T20 World Cup (Channel: ICC)
Pakistan celebrates after winning Champions Trophy (Channel: Cricket Compilations)
Asia Cup 1984 (Channel: mykhel.com)
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00:00 India will be looking to settle the score with Pakistan as they clash in Dubai for the Asia Cup.
00:06 The last time these two teams faced each other was in the finals of Champions Trophy 2017,
00:13 where Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs.
00:17 The match had a cumulative reach of more than 201 million people
00:22 and the viewership had 47.45 million impressions across the globe.
00:28 It is also the first time that Pakistan will be playing under a Prime Minister
00:33 who got them their only World Cup way back in 1993.
00:37 Imran Khan is in all likelihood said to be present to witness the clash with India in Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
00:45 Many experts, including India's Sunil Gavaskar, say Pakistan will start as favourites today.
00:52 India and Pakistan have faced each other 12 times in the Asia Cup.
00:56 Of those, India has won 6 times, whereas Pakistan 5 times.
01:02 One match ended in no result.
01:04 Till now, India has won the Asia Cup 5 times, while Pakistan only 2.
01:10 India and Pakistan faced each other for the first time in the final of the 1984 edition,
01:17 where India, under the leadership of Gavaskar, won the Asia Cup for the first time.
01:23 In 1989, India again defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets
01:28 and then went on to beat Sri Lanka in the finals to lift their second Asia Cup trophy.
01:34 The next meeting between the two in the Asia Cup took place in 1994 edition.
01:40 Pakistan, for the first time, defeated India in the Asia Cup,
01:45 but India still won the tournament by winning the final against Sri Lanka.
01:50 In 2000, Pakistan continued their winning streak against India.
01:55 The next meeting between the two sides was in 2008.
01:59 Both the teams were placed in Group B and India got the better of their opponents
02:05 as they chased down the target of 300 runs with 47 balls to spare.
02:10 While India won against Pakistan in 2012, Pakistan avenged their defeat in the 2014 edition.
02:18 They last met in the 2016 edition, which was the first time that the tournament was played in the T20 format.
02:27 Pakistan got out for a total of 83 runs, which was chased by India with 5 wickets to spare.
02:34 Murad Kohli top-scored with 49 runs before Mohammad Amir had India's batsmen in the pavilion,
02:41 including the likes of Rohit Sharma.
02:44 Before India and Pakistan clashed in 2016, Rohit Sharma stated in a press conference that Amir is just another normal bowler.
02:53 Amir replied to Sharma after getting him out for a duck in the second ball of India's inning.
02:59 This time around, Rohit Sharma is leading the Indian side as Murad Kohli has been given a rest
03:06 after the long tour in England in which India lost the Test as well as the ODI series.
03:12 India's batting has been dependent on Kohli for some time now.
03:16 Will India be able to shine against Pakistan without him?
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