'Inki toh India se bhi balanced side hai' - Fans react as Pakistan Cricket Board release their squad for Afghanistan series and Asia Cup 2023

The PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) also unveiled their lineup for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 in addition to the team's upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. The governing body of cricket in Pakistan has announced an 18-player team will play Afghanistan from August 22 to August 26 and then will also be playing in the Asia Cup.

In addition to it, the squad will be then reduced to 15 players for the Asia Cup, which will be co-hosted by Sri Lanka and Pakistan and is scheduled to start on August 30. The defending champions of the competition, Sri Lanka, defeated Pakistan in the Asia Cup final game to secure their sixth title. Pakistan's team, which will be playing at home, will definitely try to win the trophy this time around as they have a solid team for the competition.

The Pakistan team seems to have covered all the bases with the team that they have selected and they also look a formidable side to win the Asia Cup. The PCB, which is renowned for careful selection, has put together a powerful roster by combining seasoned veterans and up-and-coming talent to create a team that is well-balanced and capable of competing at the highest level. Cricket fans are debating the selections made by the selectors in response to the squad announcement.

It is quite obvious that Babar Azam will be leading the team along with Shadab Khan who is appointed as the vice-captain of the team.

Let’s see how Twitter reacted to this:

Best of Luck Pakistan, Play well and lose to India only 👍🏻

— 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢🥂 (@Oyye_Senpai) August 9, 2023

Kuldeep is also getting ready 😂

— Markanday Shukla (@im_markanday) August 9, 2023

easy win for pakistan

— BackFoot || #SackROVID (@82_MCG_classic) August 9, 2023

All this just to lose against India 🤣

— LOYAL CSK FAN (@cskfanforlife) August 9, 2023

inshellla hum duniya fathe kar nay k liye tayer hai india wallo ready raho humare liye 🤲🤲🤲

— imran Ali (@imranAl38298008) August 9, 2023

USAMA MIR NATIONAL TEAM

Shahid Afridi deserves a lot of cricket for getting Usama into Pakistan team. He was performing from quite a while in domestic but was not given chances in PSL and PCT. He proved his selection in NZ series in January

— Sports syncs (@moiz_sports) August 9, 2023

inshellla we r superpower in every field we r ruling world soon 🙌🙌

— imran Ali (@imranAl38298008) August 9, 2023

Imad Wasim , Sarfaraz Ahmed , Haris Sohail should be including World Cup squad 2023

— Cricket Blogger (@AjitPan24616608) August 9, 2023

They look more balanced than India

— Nobita Gupta (@Nobiita52) August 9, 2023

The rescheduled fixture of ODI World Cup 2023 is out

The updated schedule for India and Pakistan was asked to be rescheduled due to security issues and hence the dates were shuffled. The much-anticipated India vs. Pakistan match that was set to take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 15 has been moved up one day. The match will now take place at the same location on Saturday, October 14.

The match between England and Afghanistan, which was originally slated to be played on October 14 in Delhi, has been moved to October 15. In addition, the match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Hyderabad has been postponed from Thursday, October 12, to Tuesday, October 10. Notably, there were security concerns for the World Cup event because it took place at the start of the Navratri holiday, which is widely observed in Ahmedabad.