New-look India and Pakistan set to renew old rivalry

India will face Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025, Group A match on Sunday in Dubai. 

A new generation of India and Pakistan players comes together at a time the contest has taken on enormous consequence.

Sunday will mark the first time India and Pakistan play against each other in this changed climate after Pahalgam.

After a big nine-wicket victory in their opening match against UAE, Suryakumar Yadav and co will be eager to claim another win over the arch-rivals Pakistan. On the other hand, Salman Ali Agha and co will be coming to this match after a 93-run victory over Oman. 

The nature of the pitch is expected to be on the slower side, making it a heaven for spin bowlers. A little bit of dew is expected later in the day. The captain winning the toss is expected to bat first. 

India's probable lineup: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Sanju Samson (wk), 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun Chakravarthy

Pakistan's probable lineup: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Salman Agha (capt), 5 Hasan Nawaz, 6 Mohammad Haris (wk), 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Sufiyan Muqeem, 11 Abrar Ahmed