{"id":4424,"date":"2022-09-04T19:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=243730"},"modified":"2022-09-04T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:56:09","slug":"asia-cup-live-pakistan-skipper-babar-azam-explains-why-he-chose-to-field-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/asia-cup-live-pakistan-skipper-babar-azam-explains-why-he-chose-to-field-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup Live: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam explains why he chose to field first"},"content":{"rendered":"

The super four round of the 2022 Asia Cup will feature the classical match between Pakistan and India. On September 4 (Sunday), India and Pakistan will square off at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates for the second time in this tournament.<\/p>\n

Babar Azam leads Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022, while Rohit Sharma captains India. India advanced to the super four round by defeating Pakistan and Hong Kong in the group round. Pakistan overcame Hong Kong but lost to India.<\/p>\n

Skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first and also revealed the reason behind his decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Babar stated that the dew factor at the iconic Dubai International Stadium might affect the bowling and fielding during the second innings which is the reason why the greens felt secured in bowling first.<\/p>\n

Babar Azam<\/b> \u2013 We will bowl first. The dew could be a factor, that\u2019s the reason we\u2019re bowling first. We had a lot of positives from the last match against India. The message is to play positively \u2013 one change for us with Hasnain coming in (cricbuzz)<\/p>\n

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma too wanted to field first but thinks that their focus will now be shifted to bat freely in the first innings.<\/p>\n

Rohit Sharma<\/b> \u2013 We would have bowled first, but now we need to play freely and assess a good score on this pitch. Momentum counts in this format, you\u2019ve to be on the money from the start, not worry about external pressures. Injury is something we can\u2019t control, Jadeja has been ruled out and he\u2019s back home. It was a headache to select the playing XI \u2013 Hardik comes back. Deepak Hooda gets a game and so does Ravi Bishnoi. (cricbuzz)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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