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Pakistan will face off with India within the second match of the Asia Cup 2022 on August 28, Sunday, at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium. All Pakistan gamers will put on black armbands in the course of the sport to point out solidarity and help for the flood victims throughout Pakistan.

The monsoon flooding has created mayhem throughout the nation, and as many as 119 folks have died during the last 24 hours, as per figures launched by Pakistan’s Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority on Sunday. Additionally it is learnt that 4 folks from Balochistan, six from Gilgit Baltistan, 31 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 76 from Sindh had died on Saturday.

Over 33 million folks affected as a result of heavy rainfall: Stories

As many as 110 districts had been hit by the floods, 72 districts have been marked as calamity hit, and no less than 33 million folks in Pakistan have been affected as a result of rainfall, in line with Geo Information. Near 950,000 properties have been destroyed, of which over 650,00o properties have been partially broken.

In the meantime, the Pakistan cricket workforce, led by Babar Azam, will face their arch-rivals for his or her Asia Cup 2022 opener. The 2 groups final confronted one another in October 2021 in the course of the T20 World Cup on the similar venue and it was Babar’s aspect that gained the sport by a complete margin of 10 wickets, chasing a goal of 152.

The upcoming sport between the 2 Asian giants shall be their tenth assembly in T20Is and fifteenth general within the competitors. India has the higher hand in each classes, main 7-2 in T20Is and 8-5 in Asia Cups. Pakistan have gained the Asia Cup title two instances, and India have gained it seven instances. 

Each groups have some notable absentees from their final assembly as Pakistan got here into the match with out their star quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has been dominated out as a result of a proper ligament knee harm, whereas the Males in Blue are with out their speedster Jasprit Bumrah, dominated out as a result of a again harm.

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