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India and Pakistan are all set to face each other in the much-anticipated clash of the Asia Cup 2022. Both teams will face each other on the 28th of August at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Indians will be eyeing to clear their account with the men in green for their last defeat in the T20 World Cup 2021.
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In a recent piece of news, the players of the participating teams have arrived Dubai for the tournament. In the subsequent process, Indian players interacted with the people there in Dubai. Apart from this, former Indian skipper and senior batter Virat Kohli met Pakistani captain Babar Azam.
Although, this meeting of both veterans didn’t go down well with the Indian fans and they started trolling both the players on Twitter. Fans went on to say that it was just a step to getting popularity on social media masquerading the good friends. Some fans went on to troll Virat especially for his interaction with the Pakistani skipper.
Virat Kohli meets Babar Azam in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/zYgQ76zksL
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 24, 2022
Phir shuru ho gaya iska PR 😭
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) August 24, 2022
…Babar is so publicity hungry. https://t.co/MuVMZpsLaX
yeh PR ke chakkar main, VK ka form jaa rahaa hai. We want to see old VK, saying Ben stokes to everyone.
— Rushank Jain⚡️🇮🇳 (@Rushankjain) August 25, 2022
Ye jyada bhai chara match dekhne ka maza bigaad deta hai
— Moon Knight (@SkyRise123) August 24, 2022
Apna sikka khota hai toh dusre ko kya dosh Dena?
— Mak (@callingspadeasp) August 24, 2022
Notably, Babar Azam is currently the world’s number one batter in all the formats of the game. Whereas, Virat is struggling with the poor run of form with the bat for the last couple of years. He is waiting for his 71st century since the last one he smashed in a Test match against Bangladesh three years back in 2019.
Apart from this, the 33-year-old Indian veteran also failed during the last bilateral clash against England. He couldn’t even score a half-century on the entire tour. Following, the management decided to rest for the white-ball series against West Indies followed by the recently-concluded three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe.
He will be back in action during the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 in the first match against Pakistan. Both teams have gone through major setbacks as ace speedsters Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Shah Afridi have been ruled out of the tournament due to their respective injuries.