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The focal point would be how India play a quality Pakistan who have a world-class fast bowler in Mohammed Aamir, a solid all-rounder in Hasan Ali, a prolific opener in Fakhar Zaman and talented batsmen such as Babar Azam and Harris Sohail

Virat Kohli has been very experimental with his hairstyles and continues to look stunning as always.

'Selecting a strong team without giving the new captain appropriate time isn’t possible. I believe that I left the captaincy at the right time,' said Mahendra Singh Dhoni

The 'Little Master', however, played down Kohli's much-publicised reaction to a reporter's query about whether he agreed with coach Ravi Shastri on this being the best travelling team in last 15 years.

'The UAE is Pakistan’s second home ground and they understand UAE’s wicket very well in comparison to the other teams,' Akhtar said

London: England won the fifth and final Test against India to claim the Pataudi Trophy 4-1. India captain Virat Kohli praised KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant for scoring centuries on the final day and not surrendering without a fight. There was a moment during the post-match press conference when Kohli snapped at an Indian journalist for asking whether the current side was the best among the country’s teams in the past 15 years, a view put forward by coach Ravi Shastri, recently.

At The Oval, a reporter asked, 'Virat, you guys were competitive throughout the series but the fact that these kind of tags like 'best Indian side in the last 15 years', do these things put extra pressure on you or do you actually believe you are?'

'Our team’s morale is high and they will perform well in the upcoming Asia Cup. The team has prepared a lot for the tournament and we will try our best to perform well in all three categories,' Sarfraz Ahmed said