Why Pakistan Elect to Bat First: The match between India and Pakistan will start at 8 pm. Earlier, tossed at 7:30 pm. Pakistan has won the toss and decided to bat first. At the same time, India’s team will come down to bowl first. Ravi Shastri spoke to Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga and India captain Suryakumar Yadav after the toss. Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar and Ravi Shastri told about why Pakistan won the toss by winning the toss.

Why did Pakistan bat first?

Ravi Shastri said that ‘Pakistan feels that this surface of this Dubai ground is slow and this is clearly visible in his selection’. At the same time, Sanjay Manjrekar, looking at the pitch, said that the pitch on which the match will be played, looks dry compared to the rest of the pitches, which can help the spin bowlers a lot on it.

What did Suryakumar Yadav say on the toss?

In the Asia Cup 2025, the captain of the Indian team, Suryakumar Yadav, while talking to Ravi Shastri after the toss, said that we are happy with the decision of winning the toss and we are happy with the decision of the toss. We played only one strip away earlier. This is a good wicket, on which batting at night can prove to be better. There is some moisture here, which seems that it can come at night. Suryakumar Yadav told that we are coming out playing with the same team who came out against the UAE in the first match of the Asa Cup.

India’s playing XI

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty.

Pakistan’s playing XI

Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Aga (captain), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Mukim and Abrar Ahmed.

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