On Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, India’s first Asia Cup game will be against its bitter foe Pakistan. Since Pakistan easily defeated India by a margin of 10 wickets at the same stadium during the 2021 T20 World Cup, this will be the first time the two teams have faced off.
In the T20 World Cup last year, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets, but Shadab claimed that the match will now depend on who played better that day.
“That match is history now. We will take the positives from that game forward. Especially the mindset, we will try to replicate the performances. But is all history now, it will be a new day and a new match. We will try to win. Hassan Ali is a match-winner for us, it is the beauty of cricket. There can be ups and downs, we have always had the belief in him. Recently, he did not give that many good performances but we had a plan of giving him match-practice. Unfortunately, a scenario came up where we had to call him again. He was match-winner bowler for us and we hope that he proves to be a match-winner again,” said Shadab.