Bats, Balls, and Books: India Vs. Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 - The Academic Faceoff

As India and Pakistan get ready to battle it out for the Asia Cup 2023, we take a look at how the two teams fare on the academic battleground.

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Bats, Balls, and Books: India Vs. Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 - The Academic Faceoff

The world of cricket, or rather sports, has seen few rivalries as intense and exciting as the India and Pakistan cricket matches. The two teams are all set to battle it out again for the Asia Cup 2023. The first India vs. Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 match will take place on September 02, 2023.

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As the two teams get ready to clash at the Asia Cup, let's look at how the last five matches between India and Pakistan played out ⬇️https://t.co/6IGplrIET4
— ICC (@ICC) September 1, 2023

Ahead of the eagerly awaited clash, we took a look at how the two teams fare in an academic stadium. In other words, we looked up the educational qualifications of the players for both teams. Here are the results:

The India Team

BCCI announced the India squad for the Asia Cup 2023 on August 21, 2023. Rohit Sharma was named captain of the team, and Hardik Pandya was named Vice-Captain.

Here’s a look at the players and the educational qualifications of the players:

Player	Educational Qualification
Rohit Sharma (Captain)	Enrolled in college but had to give it up after getting selected in the national’s team.
Shubman Gill	Didn’t study after class 12;
Virat Kohli	Didn’t study after Class 12; selected to captain India U19 in 2008
Shreyas Iyer	Graduated from R.A.Podar College of Commerce & Economics
Suryakumar Yadav	B. Com from Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science
Tilak Varma	BBA from Andhra University
KL Rahul	B. Com from Jain University
Ishan Kishan	Graduate from College of Commerce, Patna
Hardik Pandya (VC)	School dropout (Didn’t study after Class 9 to focus on cricket)
Ravindra Jadeja	Dropped out of school to focus on cricket
Shardul Thakur	Graduated from University of Mumbai
Axar Patel	Engineering graduate from Dharmsinh Desai University
Kuldeep Yadav	School dropout
Jasprit Bumrah	Didn’t study after class 12 to focus on cricket
Mohd. Shami	School dropout
Mohd. Siraj	Didn’t study after class 12 to focus on cricket
Prasidh Krishna	B.Com from Mahaveer Jain College
Sanju Samson (traveling reserve)	B.A English from Mar Ivanios College

Clearly, many cricketers dropped out of school and/or didn’t pursue a college education to focus on their cricketing career. While they may have not scored a boundary in academics, they surely brought laurels to the country with their stellar performance in cricket.

The Pakistan Team

As per ICC, the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup 2023 is being captained by Babar Azam. Here’s a look at the educational qualifications of the players:

Player	Educational Qualification
Babar Azam (c)	Currently enrolled in Harvard Business School's executive education program
Abdullah Shafique	Graduated from Punjab College, Sialkot
Fakhar Zaman	Joined the Pakistan Navy as a sailor after studying at the Pakistan Navy School, Bahadur. His navy coach, in fact, pushed him to pursue cricket professionally.
Imam-ul-Haq	Commerce graduate from Punjab Group of Colleges, Lahore
Salman Ali Agha	High School Graduate
Iftikhar Ahmed	No information available
Mohammad Rizwan	Currently enrolled in Harvard Business School's executive education programme
Mohammad Haris	No information available
Shadab Khan	High School Graduate
Mohammad Nawaz	Dropped out of college to focus on cricket
Usama Mir	No information available
Faheem Ashraf	High School Graduate
Haris Rauf	Graduated from Islambad Model College for Boys
Mohammad Wasim Jr.	High School Graduate
Naseem Shah	Studied till Class 10
Shaheen Afridi	High School Graduate
Saud Shakeel	No information available
Tayyab Tahir (traveling reserve)	Graduate

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