India and Pakistan will take on each other at the Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin on Saturday for the gold medal at the Asian Games. The Men in Blue has clearly had an edge over Men in Green as they have won 14 out of the 17 T20Is between the two teams. India also won the gold medal at the continental games in 2023 under Ruturaj Gaikwad’s captaincy.
India had won the Asia Cup after beating Pakistan when Tilak Varma scored a stunning knock in the final. Iyer’s team would once again look to get the better of Pakistan in a high-octane clash.
Pakistan, on the other hand, would be confident after registering a six-wicket win against Bangladesh in the semifinal clash. Pakistan doesn’t have the services of pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf and thus the other bowlers will look to grab their chances.
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Indian captain Shreyas Iyer needs eight runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.
Indian opener Sanju Samson needs six sixes to complete 100 maximums in the T20I format.
Jasprit Bumrah will play his 100th T20I for India.
Hasan Nawaz needs 16 runs to complete 500 runs in T20Is.
Usman Khan needs 12 runs to reach 500 runs in T20Is. He needs nine fours to complete 50 boundaries.
Head to Head: Matches: 17, Won by India: 14, Won by Pakistan: 3.
India: Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan (c), Abdul Samad (vc), Abrar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Saim Ayub, Ahmed Daniyal, Akif Javed, Usman Khan (wk), Arafat Minhas, Salman Mirza, Saad Masood, Sufyan Moqim, Hasan Nawaz, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat
