Malik walked up to former Indian skipper.
India facing off with Pakistan is one of the biggest clashes cricket fans are looking forward to when the Asia Cup 2018 begins on Saturday. The decades-old rivalry is one of the hotly contested sports events any given day therefore even the days leading up to the actual match are watched like hawks by the fans. One incident between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Pakistan's Shoaib Malik instantly went viral on Thursday.
During India's practice session in Dubai, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was with his teammates when Shoaib Malik walked up to him for a chat. Dhoni was with skipper Rohit Sharma and players like Yuzvendra Chahal.
Wonder what they discussed.
The Men In Blue will begin their Asia Cup campaign on September 18 against minnows Hong Kong. They will play archrivals Pakistan on the next day.
While there are two assured India-Pakistan matches, one in the group league and other at the Super Four stage, the organisers, broadcasters, and the supporters will be hoping for a possible summit showdown on September 28 too.
India's main aim would be to settle their middle-order combination and also find a perfect batting position for Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the course of the tournament.
India are coming off a gruelling England tour during which they lost the Test series 1-4. Regular captain Virat Kohli has been rested for the series with the focus on tour of Australia later in the year.
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Dinesh Karthik, Khaleel Ahmed.
Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain and wk), Fakhar Zaman, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Harris Sohail, Imam ul Haq, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammed Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammed Amir, Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi.
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