Pakistan cricket coach Hesson has high hopes for young team at the Asian Games

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Pakistan's cricket coach Mike Hesson is optimistic about the young team's prospects at the Asian Games, hoping they can challenge India, which has dominated recent T20 encounters. The team is preparing in Karachi before heading to Japan for the competition.

Pakistan's all-format coach Mike Hesson hopes his young team could put India under pressure if they face off in the medal game of men’s T20 cricket event at the Asian Games. India has won its last six games against Pakistan in the shortest format of the game, including three at last year’s Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates. “India are the benchmark in terms of white-ball cricket at the moment and our challenge is to catch up to that,” Hesson told reporters in the southern port city of Karachi, where Pakistan is having a short training camp before leaving for Japan.