The city of Dubai is buzzing today with the fans from both India and Pakistan cheering for their team as the two are all set to take on each other later this evening. The match will be held at the Dubai International Stadium at 5.30 PM IST. Fatigue would be the word for India as they already played a 50-over long game yesterday against Hong Kong and did not get enough time for recovery. Just when we thought that things were getting heated up, we went the through the weather report. As per Accuweather.com, the temperatures could soar up to 41-degree centigrade. India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2018 Preview. 

With no trace of rain and plenty of sunshine, the humidity would be 20%. However, the teams will get a little respite from the weather towards the evening as the temperatures could go down. Check out the snapshot of the weather report.

Hour-by-hour weather report (Photo Credits: Accuweather.com)

Talking about yesterday’s match against Hong Kong, India defeated the opponents by 26 runs. Shikhar Dhawan who scored 127 runs off 120 balls went on to be the highest scorer for the team and also walked away with the Man of the Match award. After the match, the stand-in skipper of the Asia Cup 2018, Rohit Sharma said that the team will learn from the mistake they made. “We had an inexperienced bowling line-up, but that's no excuse. The mistake was that we could've attacked a bit more. It's a mistake, and that's a learning curve. They pulled off the victory, and I have no doubt for the future as well. Didn't doubt ourselves at any stage, but credit to Hong Kong,” he said during the post-match ceremony.

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