India vs Pak: Key player battles to look forward to in the Asia Cup

Babar Azam vs Kuldeep Yadav

Babar Azam has been Pakistan's most consistent batsman in the last two years

In-form Pakistani top-order batsman Babar Azam has been impressive with his clinical performances. His crucial knock of 46 and his partnership with Zaman in the last clash made it difficult for India to achieve the target.

Since then, he has scored 551 runs in 14 games at an average of 55.1. Pakistan’s most consistent batsman will be up against India’s most consistent wicket-taker, Kuldeep Yadav.

The left-arm chinaman has been a regular in the Indian side and has impressed with 48 wickets in 23 matches. The highlight of his bowling has been that he has been very economical and been successful in building pressure on the opponents.

Since cricketers from the sub-continent are good players of spin and the tracks aren’t that spin friendly, it would be interesting to see whether Yadav is able to deceive Azam with his bag of tricks or the latter dominates the proceedings.