IND vs PAK: India in trouble before the match, two star players will be out

IND vs PAK: If India has to win the Super Four of the Asia Cup cricket tournament against its arch-rival Pakistan like the previous match, then its top order will have to perform well and the fast bowlers will also have to play with their responsibility well.
 

Jadeja will be missed

India will also miss Ravindra Jadeja, who has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Axar Patel has been taken in his place in the team. Fast bowler Avesh Khan has also become unwell before this important match. Indian coach Rahul Dravid said, 'Avesh Khan is a bit unwell and hopefully we will be able to use him in the post-tournament matches.'

Will Pant get a chance?
It will be interesting to see if captain Rohit Sharma and Dravid play the same bet on Sunday as well. But it would not be an exaggeration to say that if a left-handed batsman is to be included in the top 6 batsmen, then only Pant seems suitable for him. Last Sunday it was Hardik Pandya whose all-round performance helped India register a thrilling win in the last over and Rohit would be expecting the same performance from his other players in this match as well.

For the Indian team, however, the defensive attitude of the top-order batsmen in the power play can become a problem. In the last match against Pakistan, neither Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma was able to play comfortably. His problem increased as the pitch slowed down.
 

Team India will have to perform well

Even against a weak team like Hong Kong, the Indian top-order batted slowly and it was Suryakumar Yadav's finest innings that the team was able to score big. The slow game of the Indian top order can be gauged from this that KL Rahul scored 36 runs in 39 balls, which is his slowest innings so far.In such a situation, the question arises whether India will need to make changes to add aggression to their top order as it is clear that the combination of Rahul, Rohit and Kohli is not working. 
 

Avesh Khan Feeling sick too
In the absence of passion, the Indian team can take the field with fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and an extra spinner. When India has a choice of a player with economical bowling in the form of Axar Patel, then Deepak Hooda can be tried as batting all-rounder or Ravichandran Ashwin as bowling all-rounder. Two of the six batsmen in Pakistan's top order are left-handed batsmen Fakhar Zaman and Khushdil Shah.In such a situation, having an off-spinner along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik can be a good combination.