Asia Cup 2025: India’s Likely Playing XI for Blockbuster Clash Against Pakistan

Team India kicked off their Asia Cup 2025 campaign with a nine-wicket win over UAE, a win that reflected a complete domination across all departments — batting, bowling, and fielding. Riding on the high tide of this victory, the Men in Blue are now, increasingly, preparing themselves for a much-awaited meet with arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai this Sunday.

This one is more than one cricket match. With the political backdrop and the fiery sporting rivalry, fans on either side are beholding it as a fight for pride. The players on both sides will be going on the field with the enormous weight of expectations resting upon their shoulders.

Will India Stick to the Winning Combination?

India looks all set to retain the VERY SAME playing XI which pulverized United Arab Emirates. It is further very unlikely that the team management will make a change to the winning formula. Two pace all-rounders in the team, in the form of Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube, have aided in achieving a balance between batting and bowling as well as providing some depth in batting.

Shivam Dube totally awed the crowd with his 3/4 and built his case with the ball and his fielding, making it really hard to exclude him.

If it's going to be an extra-specialist bowler's game, then Arshdeep could hold his chance, with either Tilak Varma or Varun Chakravarthy on the chopping block. Either way, considering Dubai's spin-friendly conditions, India might just have a three-spinner strategy.

Probable India Playing 11 against Pakistan

• Rohit Sharma (C)
• Shubman Gill
• Virat Kohli
• Shreyas Iyer
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Hardik Pandya
• Rishabh Pant (WK)
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Shivam Dube
• Jasprit Bumrah

India would like to take their winning form into what is set to be one of the biggest clashes of Asia Cup 2025.