Asian Champions Trophy: Pakistan to face India today

CHENNAI: After an unimpressive tournament so far, Pakistan will now face arch-rivals India in a do-or-die match of 2023 Men’s Asian Champions Trophy today.

A win for greenshirts will guarantee them a spot in the semi-finals, but a defeat would almost lead to elimination from the competition.

Pakistan is currently number 4 on the points table having begun the tournament with a loss to Malaysia, drawing against South Korea and Japan and then a 2-1 victory over China has kept them in the race for last-four.

Meanwhile, with three wins and a draw, India are atop the table.

All six teams in the tournament  play five matches each in the round-robin stage with the top four qualifying for the semi-finals.

Pakistan and India have won the Asian Champions Trophy thrice apiece.

Pakistan Squad: Mohammad Umar Bhutta (captain), Rana Abdul Waheed Ashraf (vice-captain), Akmal Hussain, Abdullah Ishtiaq Khan, Mohammad Abdullah, Mohammad Sufyan Khan, Ehtisham Aslam, Osama Bashir, Aqeel Ahmed, Arshad Liaquat, Mohammad Imad, Abdul Hanan Shahid, Zakaria Hayat, Roman, Mohammad Murtaza Yaqub, Mohammad Shahzaib Khan, Afraz, Abdul Rahman

India Squad: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh (C), Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Jugraj Singh, Varun Kumar, Hardik Singh (VC), Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Akashdeep Singh, S.Karthi, Gurjant Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Pawan, Mandeep Singh.

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