Asia’s biggest cricket tournament Asia Cup is going to start on 30th August. The Indian team will start its campaign against Pakistan on September 2. This match between the two teams will be played in Kandy. The Indian team will take on Pakistan in ODIs after four years. The last time both faced each other was in the 2019 World Cup. Then Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 140 runs in Manchester.
Last year, when both the teams faced each other in the Asia Cup, one match was won by India and one by Pakistan. However, then the Asia Cup was played in T20 format and this time it will be in ODI format. Team India could not reach the finals. Sri Lanka had captured the title by defeating Pakistan. Pakistan defeated Team India in Super-4. Rohit Sharma’s team will also look to avenge that defeat. The Indian captain himself would once again like to put up a strong show against him. Rohit’s bat has played a lot in the match between the two teams. He has thrashed the Pakistani bowlers fiercely.
Last five innings against Pakistan
If you look at Rohit’s last five ODI innings against Pakistan, he has scored two centuries and two half-centuries during this period. Rohit has scored 342 runs. He got out for a duck once and was once the victim of nervous nineties. If you look at Rohit Sharma’s record against Pakistan in Pakistan’s overall record ODI, Hitman has played 16 innings. During this, he has scored 720 runs at an average of 51.42. He has two centuries and six half-centuries to his name. Rohit has played 22 matches in the ODI format of Asia Cup from 2008 to 2018. During this, he scored 745 runs in 21 innings. He has one century and six half-centuries to his name. During this, the average of Hitman has been 46.56. In such a situation, it is expected that Rohit will once again perform stormy in the upcoming edition and lead the team to victory.
