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India take on Sri Lanka in a crucial Asia Cup Super 4 encounter in Dubai on Tuesday and Rohit Sharma has made one crucial change in the playing XI with the seasoned Ravichandran Ashwin replacing young leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Ashwin has a tremendous record against left-handers and the Sri Lankans have quite a few southpaws in their team.
The clashes between arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been a treat for the cricket fans, all over world due to the high intensity and the cut-throat competition. The ongoing Asia Cup also lived up to the expectations of the fans and provided a wholesome entertainment in their previous two matches. In the group stage match, India prevailed over Pakistan with a five-wicket win while in the Super 4 match, Pakistan had the last laugh by five wickets. In both the matches, one thing was similar and that was the absence of India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin, as he was not included in the Playing XI.
Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal are not just well renowned sportspersons, but also a loving, happily married couple. The two were the latest to join Twitter's one-word trend, and their posts just went on to show how adorable they are together. Their tweets? Each other's names! The trend has seen people and organisations tweet with just one word, which is largely depicting something very close to them or important for them.
Dinesh Karthik and Dipika Pallikal are not just well renowned sportspersons, but also a loving, happily married couple. The two were the latest to join Twitter's one-word trend, and their posts just went on to show how adorable they are together. Their tweets? Each other's names! The trend has seen people and organisations tweet with just one word, which is largely depicting something very close to them or important for them.
Cricket fans will be in for treat when India take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match of the upcoming Asia Cup on Sunday, August 28. The Indian players have been sweating it out in the nets to prepare of the high-octane clash in Dubai. India are place in Group A alongside Pakistan and Hong Kong. In a video shared on social media, India captain Rohit Sharma can be seen taking on spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin in the nets. Rohit can be seen hitting big shots around the park.
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri had made a comment saying 10-12 teams cannot be playing the longest format of the game, and in order to ensure that Test cricket remains competitive, only the top five-six teams should play against each other. Now, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has reacted to the suggestion, saying the existing system works fine and he explained his thinking behind the thought process.
Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik, who was instrumental in India's victory against the West Indies in the first T20 international here, said his ultimate aim is to lift the upcoming T20 World Cup title in Australia. Karthik, with his breezy unbeaten innings of 41 off just 19 deliveries at the Brian Lara Stadium, performed the finisher's job brilliantly once again and took India to a solid 190 for six, after the visitors batted first. The innings turned out to be extremely crucial.
Renowned mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton, who was part of the support staff of India's 2011 World Cup winning team, is rejoining the national set-up in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup in Australia. Upton has been roped in on a short-term contract and will be the latest addition to coach Rahul Dravid's team of support staff.