Pakistan’s legendary cricketer Wasim Akram has described India as a contender for victory in the Asia Cup final. At the same time, he has hoped from the Pak team that he will take the field with the intention of increasing confidence and victory. Team has reached the final by trampling Pakistan in India Group Stage and then in the Super-4 round. At the same time, Pakistan lost to India in the tournament on both occasions.

Last Thursday, Pakistani bowlers also defended a small target of 136 runs against Bangladesh. Wasim Akram hopes that the Pakistani players will enter the field with the same passion.

Wasim Akram said, “I hope that Pakistan team will do well again. This is an India-Pakistan match, in which Team India will be a strong contender for victory on Sunday. But along with me the whole world has also seen that anything can happen in T20 format. A good innings or a good spell can turn the entire match.”

The veteran Pakistani bowler said that the Pakistan team will have to uphold the rhythm of victory over Bangladesh on Sunday. He says that if the Pakistani bowlers initially dismiss the Indian opening batsmen, then the Pakistan team can demolish India’s middle order. Abhishek and Gill had partnered 105 runs against Pakistan in the Super-4 round match.

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Wasim Akram said, “Especially Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill can go to Team India backfoot due to early dismissal. It will be a close match and hope the best playing team will be victorious.”

For the first time in the 41 -year history of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan will clash in the finals. Along with winning its 9th Asia Cup title, Team India can also put a hat-trick of victory over Pakistan in this tournament.

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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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The Asia Cup starts from 9 September, the first match of which will be played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong on 9 September. At the same time, Team India will start their campaign on September 10 from the match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Indian team is placed in Group A along with Pakistan, Oman and UAE. This time the presence of 8 teams will increase the level of competition, but know the 3 reasons here, which makes India win the Asia Cup almost fixed.

1. India did not lose any T20 series in the last one year

Gautam Gambhir became the head coach after becoming the 2024 T20 World Cup winner. Gambhir prepared a young T20 team, which has been captained by Suryakumar Yadav. After the World Cup, the Indian team has won 5 T20 series in a row. India has lost only three T20 matches since the 2024 Zimbabwe Tour. This rhythm can be helpful in becoming a champion for Team India.

2. World No-1 team and defending champion

India has the number-1 position in the T20 rankings. Last year itself, the World Cup is winning and India is the last champion of the Asia Cup. The team has Varun Chakraborty, who is the Asia Cup number-1 bowler in T20. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma is the world’s number-one T20 batsman in the batting, Tilak Verma is on the second. Hardik Pandya is also the world’s number-one T20 all-rounder. When there are so many T20 specialists in the team, then India’s chances of victory will be very high.

3. India has World Class Playing XI Combination

The top players like Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal have not been selected in the Indian squad, but there are still players in the squad, which can prepared the world’s top playing eleven combination. Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma opening, then the batsmen like Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav are in the team. Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel and Shivam Dubey are all -rounders. In bowling, apart from young Josh like Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, the team also has spinners like Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav, who can turn the match from anywhere. Such a playing eleven combination can be prepared from these players, which will not be easy for other teams to compete.

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