Asia Cup 2018: India's possible playing XI for the first game against Hong Kong

#5 Spinners

Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal

The turning pitches in UAE will help Kuldeep and Chahal.

Having tormented the English batsmen at their own grounds with his Chinaman bowling in the one-day and T20 series, Kuldeep Yadav will look to continue his good form with the ball in the shorter formats on more helpful UAE pitches.

Although not effective as his spin colleague Kuldeep, Yuzvendra Chahal has been an important member of Indian team in the shorter formats off the game, because of his ability to provide breakthroughs at crucial junctures and hence will be an automatic choice in the playing XI against minnows Hong Kong.