By Admin 
The thrill of the Asia Cup is now going to start. The tournament of eight teams starting from 9 September will run till 28 September. India is the defending champion and would like to win its ninth Asia Cup title, on the other hand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other teams will enter the field with the intention of winning the trophy for the first time. In the tournament, eight teams are India, Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong. Based on squad and form, know which 3 teams seem to be a strong contender to win the Asia Cup.
Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, must be playing as the defending champion. The form of the Indian team has been excellent, which has registered 35 wins in the last 40 T20 matches. In the T20 rankings, Team India is number-1, while under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team has not lost any T20 series in the last one year. The glut of top players like Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill and Jaspreet Bumrah in the squad is also proving India as a strong contender to win the Asia Cup.
Sri Lanka
The 6 -time Asia Cup champion Sri Lanka is also not behind in the claim. She will try to repeat the 2022 title win. In the team, Sri Lanka is no less than anyone with batsmen like Pathum Nisanka, Kusam Mendis, Kamindu Mendis. At the same time, captain Charith Asanka has also been leading the team very well. Sri Lanka is also a big contender to win its seventh Asia Cup title.
Bangladesh
Ever since the captaincy of Bangladesh T20 team has come in the hands of Litton Das, its performance has been seen to improve. Bangladesh may be the number ten team in the T20 rankings, but under the captaincy of Litton Das, Bangladesh has lost only once in the last 8 T20 matches. Bangladesh has been reversing earlier also, this time the morale of the players will also increase with good form. 2012 and 2018 have also played the final of the Asia Cup.
Pakistan
The Pakistan team was in a very bad condition till a few months ago. He also lost in the T20 series against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and then Bangladesh. But after Salman Aga became the captain, the results of the team’s T20 matches have improved a bit. The Pak team is winning three of the last 4 T20 series and recently they have won by dominating in the TRAI series. Especially left -arm spin bowler Mohammad Naval impressed with 10 wickets in the Tri -series. The Pak team will have high expectations from the UAE pitches.
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