India vs Pakistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2023: Rain stops play in ...

IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2023 Live Score: Ground staff pull covers as it rains during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept.10, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Live Score: A spell of heavy rain halted play in the marquee Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan on Sunday. India were 147 for two in 24.1 overs when rain lashed the Premadasa Stadium here Virat Kohli and K L Rahul were batting on 8 and 17 respectively after openers Rohit Sharma (56) and Shubman Gill (58) struck fine half-centuries

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India’s Asia Cup opener against Pakistan was called off due to rain. The organisers have added a reserve day for this India-Pakistan clash. If the match can’t be completed today, it will resume tomorrow. The weather has been a subject of intense debate through the Sri Lanka leg of Asia Cup. Rain is expected in the Sri Lankan capital throughout the tournament.

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Jasprit Bumrah and Ishan Kishan likely to feature against Pakistan. (PTI/AP)

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Pakistan's fast bowling unit with a left-arm wrist-snapper and a couple of right-arm finger-flickers have drenched the cricketing world in nostalgia. (Reuters/AP)

For a team where emotions can occasionally tend to run high, they look a different pack this time. Despite juggling between Pakistan and Sri Lanka because of the hybrid model in play for the Asia Cup, not once have they come across as a unit that will use it as an excuse. Rather, they are embracing the challenge, where despite minimum training schedules, are making the most out of everything. With the World Cup looming, they are taking extra possible care to keep the unit intact. (READ MORE)

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India's Shubman Gill plays a shot during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Nepal in Pallekele, Sri Lanka on Monday, Sep. 4. (AP/PTI Photo)

Opener Shubman Gill, while playing down their trouble against left-arm pacers, believed their recent struggles against Pakistan had more to do with them not playing them often and not being familiar with their attack. “At this level, you would have played left-arm seamers anyway. It does not make much difference. We don’t play against Pakistan often as we do against some other teams. We all know that their bowling attack is quite good and when you don’t play against such attacks often it makes a bit of difference in main tournaments,” Gill said. (READ MORE)

Asia Cup: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh coaches cry foul over extra day for India-Pakistan game

Pakistan team Babar Azam tosses the coin, watched by Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma before the start Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Pallekele, Sri Lanka. (PTI)

In an unprecedented move that is going to raise plenty of eyebrows and add more chaos to the ongoing Asia Cup, hosts Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that a reserve day has been allotted for the India-Pakistan game in Colombo on Sunday – the only match in the Super 4 stage to get that treatment. (READ MORE)

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First published on: 10-09-2023 at 11:00 IST