Team India captain Rohit Sharma dropped a bombshell when he announced at the toss of India vs Hong Kong clash in Asia Cup 2022 Hardik Pandya was not playing in Dubai on Wednesday (August 31). He informed that the team was taking this decision to keep on giving Hardik break. He did not say this but the decision could be taken keeping in mind the T20 World Cup where India will be needing Hardik the most. With the important game against Pakistan in the past, and Hong Kong not being as threatening as Pakistan, India decided to rest Hardik. He was replaced by Rishabh Pant, who was missing in the game against Pakistan. In this game vs Hong Kong, both wicketkeepers - Pant and Dinesh Karthik- are featuring in XI.
