3 Factors for India's assured win against Pakistan in their first match of Asia Cup 2022

Indian team under the leadership of Rohit Sharma is all set to play in the Asia cup 2022. It is probably the first major assignment for Rohit Sharma since the time he took over the captaincy charges from the former skipper and senior batter Virat Kohli. Notably, the selectors have announced the squad of team India for this continental tournament.

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India will start their campaign in the tournament with a Group B match on the 28^th of August against the arch-rivals. The men in blue have a decent record against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, both teams have faced each other 15 times in this continental championship. In these clashes, India has won nine matches whereas the men in green crossed the line in five matches and one match ended without any result.

So, here we’ll have a look at three absolute reasons that quite confirm the win of the Indian team in their first match of Asia Cup 2022 against Pakistan.

Captaincy of Rohit Sharma

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Since the 35-year-old started his stint as full-time captain for India, the team has seen very fewer defeats in either of the formats of the game. He has guided the men in blue to the win the last couple of months both with his batting and leadership skills. Indian cricketing scenario has witnessed some talented youngsters getting a chance under the leadership of Rohit Sharma

Speaking of the last two bilateral clashes against England and then the West Indies, then India played a three-match ODI series and two T20I series of three-match and five-match T20Is. They have won all three series except. Notably, in the three-match ODI series against West Indies, Rohit was not there to lead the team so senior batter Shikhar Dhawan led the team as a stand-in skipper.

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So, Rohit Sharma’s captaincy factor is definitely going to work for team India against the arch-rivals Pakistan in their first match of the Asia Cup.

Pair of Arshdeep and Bhuvneshwar

India is going with a lethal pace-bowling pair of young lad Arshdeep Singh and senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. They both have the capabilities to trouble the batting order of the opponent at any juncture of the match. Arshdeep and Bhuvneshwar are the specialists of the powerplay over and the death overs as well.

Arshdeep has a forte in the deadly yorker deliveries were swinging the white leather both ways is something that makes Bhuvneshwar special among all. So, this pair might emerge as not only the match-defining but also the tournament-defining duo for the team India.

The initial powerplay spell of Arshdeep and Bhuvneshwar can help India to get the wicket of world number one batter Babar Azam and the talented wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan.

Winning Momentum

Rishabh Pant-Rohit Sharma (Image source- Twitter)

While analyzing the pros and cons for any team ahead of a major tournament, then it is very necessary to have a thorough look at their current performance and the momentum in that particular format. It is due to the fact that momentum is the only thing that boosts the morale of any team to perform with their full instinct in any major tournament.

Looking at India’s momentum before the Asia Cup 2022, then it has been very smooth in the last two T20I bilateral clashes against England followed by the five-match T20I series against West Indies. Out of these eight matches, the men in blue have won six matches and lost only two. Apart from this, they have won both the series with good margins.

So, this must be the thing that is going to help India to go shoulders up against Babar Azam & co in their first match of the continental tournament.