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India and Pakistan will be up against each other in the third match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023. The much-awaited India vs Pakistan (IND vs PAK) game is scheduled to take place on Saturday (September 2) at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. The match will get underway at 3:00 PM IST.

While the upcoming IND vs PAK game will be Pakistan’s second game of the competition, it will be the tournament-opener for Team India. Pakistan opened their campaign in Asia Cup 2023 with a thumping win over Nepal on Wednesday (August 30) in Multan. The Babar Azam-led side thrashed the tournament debutants by 238 runs.

Batting first, the Men in Green rode on centuries from skipper Babar and Iftikhar Ahmed to pile up a big total of 342/6. In reply, Nepal were all out for a modest total of 104 runs. Pakistan are all but assured of progressing to the Super 4 after registering such a big win and a win against India will seal their place in the next round. On the other hand, Team India can seal their place in the Super 4 and knock Nepal out of Asia Cup 2023 if they win the forthcoming IND vs PAK game.

With so much at stake, we are taking a look at all the details you need to do well in IND vs PAK Dream11 prediction Fantasy today such as top player stats, the best player picks, the top captain and vice-captain choices, and the best-predicted XIs for the fantasy contests.

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Match Details :

Article Title	Ind vs Pak Dream11 Prediction
Match Played Between	India and Pakistan
Series name	Asia Cup 2023
Date	02-Sep-23
Category	Dream11 Prediction
Stadium	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (Kendy Stadium, Srilanka)
Where to Watch on TV	Star Sports channel No. 3 & Star Sports 1 Hindi
Where to Watch online/Live Streaming	Disney Hotstar
Match umpire	Richard Illingworth and Ruchira Palliyaguruge
3rd umpire / Tv Umpire	Paul Wilson
Match Refree	Javgal Srinath

IND vs PAK: Team Performance (Most Recent First)

India: W, L, W, L, L
Pakistan: W, W, W, W, L

IND vs PAK, 3rd match, Group A: Pitch report

The IND vs PAK game is scheduled to take place at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The venue has hosted 34 ODI matches so far and has no lopsided trend so far. Out of the 34 games, teams batting first have won 14 games while teams batting second have won 19 times.

Teams have won 16 times after winning the toss and 17 times after losing the toss. The venue has already hosted one game in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.

According to the reports, the pitch is exhibiting a notably sluggish nature, posing a considerable challenge for batsmen to amass high scores. This assertion is supported by the recent observation of a low-scoring match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on the 31st of August.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh locked horns against each other at the venue on Thursday (August 31) and the former went on to win the game by five wickets despite losing the toss. Bangladesh were all out for 164 before Sri Lanka chased down the total in 39 overs.

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium stats for IND vs PAK match:

Matches Played	34
Matches Won Batting First	14 (40.00%)
Matches Won Batting Second	19 (54.29%)
Matches Won Winning Toss	16 (45.71%)
Matches Won Losing Toss	17 (48.57%)
Highest Team Innings	363/7 (South Africa)
Lowest Team Innings	70 (Zimbabwe)
Highest Run Chase Achieved	314/6 (Afghanistan)
Average Runs per Wicket	30.91
Average Runs per Over	5.41
Average Score Batting First	245

IND vs PAK, 3rd match, Group A: Playing 11

India Dream11:

Rohit Sharma
Shubman Gill
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
Ishan Kishan
Ravindra Jadeja
Hardik Pandya
Kuldeep Yadav
Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Siraj
Jasprit Bumrah

Bench:

KL Rahul
Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Varma
Axar Patel
Shardul Thakur
Prasidh Krishna

Pakistan Dream11:

Fakhar Zaman
Imam-ul-Haq
Babar Azam (C)
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Iftikhar Ahmed
Agha Salman
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Nawaz
Naseem Shah
Shaheen Afridi
Haris Rauf

Bench:

Abdullah Shafique
Salman Ali Agha
Mohammad Haris
Usama Mir
Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Wasim Jnr
Saud Shakeel

IND vs PAK, 3rd match, Group A: Top players pick

Shaheen Afridi
- Shaheen Afridi is the Pakistan pace spearhead and is widely regarded as one of the best white-ball bowlers in the world. He has the ability to bowl inswining deliveries to right-handed batsmen which could cause a lot of troubles to the Indian batters.
- In the first match of Asia Cup 2023, the left-arm pacer picked up two wickets in the very first over.

Shubman Gill
- Shubman Gill is one of the most highly-rated youngsters in the world and has done really well in ODIs this year.
- In 12 matches so far, he has scored 750 runs at an average of over 68 and a strike-rate of more than 109 with the help of 3 centuries and 2 fifties.

Hardik Pandya
- One of the best white-ball allrounders, Hardik Pandya has the ability to change any game with his batting and bowling skills.
- He has 1666 runs and 73 wickets in 77 ODIs so far.

Fakhar Zaman:
- A hard-hitting opening batsman, Fakhar Zaman has the ability to blow any team away on his day.
- He was out for just 14 against Nepal and would be looking to make amends against India.

IND vs PAK, 3rd match, Group A: Captain & Vice-Captain Choices

Captain	Ravindra Jadeja & Virat Kohli
Vice-Captain	Shaheen Afridi & Hardik Pandya

IND vs PAK, 3rd match, Group A: Players to avoid and Fantasy Cricket Expert Advice

For the small leagues contest
- Ravindra Jadeja will be a good captaincy choice
- Virat Kohli will be a great choice as a captain for the grand leagues
- Mohammed Shami and Fakhar Zaman are among the punt picks here.
- The best-suggested fantasy/Dream11 combination for this game is 1-4-3-3. Talking about the outcome of the game, India are likely to win the contest.