Hi friends today i am writing an article regarding upcoming cricket event. Well it is about Asia Cup. Asia cup is a tournament or you a say a mini world cup of Asia. Asia cup is only organized between Asian teams like Pakistan and India. The cup is organized under the ACC which is called Asian Cricket Council and it is subordinated with ICC. According to the website of ACC, the total number of members in ACC is 25. You can find the details by clicking the link :Source
The Asia cup is organized in both ODI’s and T20’s format. The first tournament was started in 1984. Overall 13 Asia cup is played and many of teams participated in it. India stands in the top position with 6 titles. Sri Lanka after India stands in the second position with 5 titles while Pakistan on the other hand has 2 titles. Only these 3 teams are capable to hold titles.
Right now 6 teams are decided for the Asia Cup tournament. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are selected while 1 team will be selected from the Asia Cup Qualifier 2018. This Qualifying tournament is held in Malaysia from 29 August till 6 Sept. 2018. The Opening Match will be held between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Dubai. 6 Teams (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore and UAE) are selected for this tournament. The winning team will be able to take participate in this tournament.
In this tournament, 6 Teams are divided in ‘A Group’ and ‘B Group’. In ‘A Group’, 3 Teams India, Pakistan, TBC and in ‘B Group’ Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are selected. This tournament will start from 15th till 28th September 2018. The strength of these teams are:
India:
India’s main strategy is their batting and fielding. The Players of Opening and middle order like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Shikar Dhawan and Pandya also are capable to score 300 runs easily. All players are very good in fielding and bowling is the plus point for them. I think the teams like Pakistan and TBC from Qualifier Cup don’t need to take easy to India.
Pakistan:
Pakistan as compared to India and Sri Lanka is pretty new team. After resignation of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan, board gives many new and talented faces a change to prove themselves for the team. The players are Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan are pretty and they play international cricket less than 2 years but all of them are highly talented and can play a major role for Pakistan’s Victory. That’s why many peoples say that green shirts are unpredictable. Other possible players are Sarfaraz Ahmed (Captain), M. Hafeez, Muhammad Amir and Shoaib Malik also.
Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka’s Balanced team in all formats is a challenge for all teams. Their batsman like Charm Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Upul Tharanga,Dickvilla are the main players and they are not easy to bowled out. Also their Professional fielding is the positive point but the issue is the bowling. Sri Lanka’s bowling is just about average. They can only depend in their batting and fielding .
Bangladesh:
Bangladesh Cricket Team is the most toughest team after India ,Pakistan and Sri Lanka . Not just that they recently qualified as a Runner-up in Final against Pakistan in 2012 Asia Cup. After that, they also qualified as a Runner-up in 2016 Asia Cup against India. Unfortunately they can’t succeed to win Asia Cup but their performance is pretty good. Players like Shakib, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain are most hitting players and they are capable to make an upset against any team.
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan is the new nation but highly promoted in a cricket. They have a passion for a victory. Recently play matches against Ireland and Pakistan and they give a tough fight to them. So we can say that they are also unpredictable team . Key players are M.Shehzad, Stanikzai and Rashid khan also.
My Opinions:
It will be not easy for any team to take this cup . I wish all of those team a good luck . Thanks
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