Asia Cup Team - India and Pakistan
Asia Cup 2008 is scheduled to start on June 24 and the stage has been set for the big guns like India and Pakistan, as well as for budding teams like UAE and Hong Kong. Pakistan has taken the responsibly to host the big show this time. India, who had lifted this prestigious cup maximum number of 4 times, is aiming high with its strong team profile. Let us take a look at team profiles of two most celebrated participants of Asia Cup, India and Pakistan.
India – The Powerful Impact
The Team India is on all time high with the spell of recent Indian Premium League, which took the whole world by storm. Also, one can’t easily forget their undisputed win in first twenty 20 tournament held last year. The interesting part is that Team India won the final of twenty 20 series against none other than the cricketing rival Team Pakistan.
India has a number of celebrity players in the team, which have proved their mettle in past few events, including IPL. Let us take a look at most promising cricket players of Team India:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, plying the dual role of Captain and wicketkeeper for Team India.
Yuvraj Singh, the vice-captain of Team India and a veteran player to watch for.
Yusuf Pathan, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha are included in the balling squad of Team India, which will be playing to grab Asia Cup 2008. Though star player S Sreesanth has been ruled out because of rehabilitation.
Virender Sehwag, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Robin Uthappa are amongst other players chosen for Asia Cup 2008, keeping in mind their current good performances.
With such impressive line of players, Team India will be a treat to watch, while playing on the grounds of neighboring cricket country.
Pakistan – Working Hard For A Come Back
If Team India is riding on the success of cricket innovations like Twenty 20 World Cup and Indian Premium League, players of Pakistan Team are celebrating their most recent win in Bangladesh tri-series. And, there is one more reason for the team to celebrate, as they won the final of this series against none other than India. This will definitely fuel their game plan to win the upcoming event of Asia Cup 2008.
The main players of Pakistan team for Asia Cup 2008 include names like Mohammad Asif, Shoaib Akhtar, Misbah-Ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik (Captain) and Mohammad Yousuf.
The cricket team of Pakistan will find this tournament as the concrete platform to wash away their latest controversies related to mainstream bowlers Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar. Also, the team will be looking for best time to forget the tragedy of mysterious demise of their cricket coach.
More than anything else, Pakistan will have the home advantage of playing on the known cricket grounds of the country. However, there is no way to underestimate the growing spirit of Team India. Watch out for the clash of the Titans and get entertained with best team of your life.
