Asia Cup 2025: Childhood coach Kapil Pandey hopeful of Kuldeep Yadav claiming five wickets

Ahead of the match, Team India's wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav's childhood coach, Kapil Pandey, has backed the "Men in Blue" to taste success against Pakistan.

"Our team is very strong. They have defeated Pakistan in the earlier match, so their morale is high. Pakistan is under pressure as they have lost once. Our team is very balanced," said the childhood coach.

He is also hopeful of Kuldeep claiming a five-wicket haul, and if not, then to pick all the crucial wickets to help the team succeed.

"It's time that Kuldeep should pick five wickets, and even if he doesn't pick five wickets, he should bowl well and take the main wickets and make the team proud," Pandey told ANI.

Earlier, in the previous match in the tournament, the Suryakumar Yadav-led Team India secured a dominating victory by seven wickets against Pakistan.

In the concluded match against the "Green Shirts", Kuldeep had claimed three wickets by conceding just 18 runs in his spell of four overs.

The 30-year-old will be aiming to replicate his performance from the previous match ahead of the upcoming clash.

India's bowling attack, spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep, will once again look to exploit Pakistan's batting frailties, while the batting unit will aim to continue their dominant run in the Asia Cup 2025.

Asia Cup 2025 'Super Four' India vs Pakistan: Squads

India's Asia Cup 2025 squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma(w), Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh.

Pakistan's Asia Cup 2025 squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.

(With ANI Inputs)