The Asia Cup T20 tournament is going to start today in the United Arab Emirates – six Asian teams will participate in the tournament but since the tournament schedule has been announced, it seems like only two teams are in the tournament.
Under discussion teams
It was calculated that there could be three matches between Pakistan and India in this tournament – Jasprit Bumrah was unfit and out, then it was said that Pakistani batsmen breathed a sigh of relief – Then Shaheen Afridi was unfit, and everyone was talking about it. who will be able to stop the Indian batsmen in the first overs – who will clean bowl or lbw the openers by bringing the ball in the first over – Indian batsmen have been relatively weak against fast bowling, so now Pakistan have which option-
Why are the other teams in the tournament being ignored?
How can you forget Sri Lanka who are the second most successful team in this tournament after India – India have won this tournament seven times and Sri Lanka five times while the Pakistan team has managed to win this tournament only twice – then this, the tournament also features the Afghanistan team which had given the toughest competition to Pakistan in the previous Asia Cup – be it the 2019 ODI World Cup or the T20 World Cup held on the same grounds last year, both times after a tough match against the Pakistani team from Afghanistan. was only able to succeed- And then there is Bangladesh, which achieved its first major success in the 1999 World Cup against Pakistan, and in the 2012 Asia Cup, the Bangladeshi team has shown an incredible performance – Hong Kong is the sixth team to participate in this tournament.
ICC
There are only six teams in this tournament, but it is also true that the Pakistan-India match is heavy on the rest of the tournament – the relationship between the two countries, then the suspension of mutual cricket for years, increases the importance of the matches of both teams so much that now So the ICC is also forced to keep both teams in the same group so that if one of the two teams is out at the group stage, then so much earnings will be lost.
Pakistan’s chances in the tournament
If you consider Pakistan’s chances in the tournament, it depends a lot on how Pakistani batsmen play the spin – being an Asian team, Pakistani players should be good at playing spinners, but if we talk about T20, Pakistani batsmen are good against spinners. The problems of captain Babar Azam against Rashid Khan are in front of everyone, but along with them openers Mohammad Rizwan has also been suffering from problems against spinners, especially leg spinners. Be it batsman Fakhar Zaman or Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah, they play fast bowlers better, but against spinners, these three also seem to be suffering from problems.
Another problem for the Pakistani team is to set a suitable target for the opposition team while playing first – until a few years ago, the Pakistani team was good at defending the target but often got pressured while chasing the targets – but now the situation is completely different. Whether it is the T20 World Cup match against India or the T20 match in South Africa, the second ODI of the recent series against Australia or the first Test of the series against Sri Lanka, the Pakistani team has bravely chased down the target. But often Pakistani batsmen tend to get lazy when playing first – playing very slowly in the beginning while going for wickets first and saving most of the run-scoring efforts for the last overs, but in such cases wickets are taken. It becomes difficult to set a good target if you fall down.
The Pakistani bowling has been greatly weakened as Shaheen Shah Afridi and Muhammad Wasim Jr got injured. – Shaheen Afridi puts wickets in the early overs to put the opposition under pressure, while Muhammad Wasim stops runs from his bouncers and yorkers in the middle and final overs. – Be it Mohammad Hasnain or Hasan Ali, both are good bowlers but it will be very difficult to make up for the lack of these two bowlers, especially Shaheen Shah Afridi – Hasan Ali was left out of the team due to poor performances but had to be recalled after two injuries – let’s see if Hasan Ali can take advantage of the opportunity in the Asia Cup or be the team’s undoing. – On the other hand, Hasnain has been a part of the Pakistan squad for the first time after the changes in the bowling action.
Which bowlers can be expected?
In these circumstances, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah will have to come forward and take responsibility – Haris Rauf will have to lead the bowling for Pakistan in this tournament – Naseem Shah has shown in the Netherlands that instead of stopping runs, he gets wickets. Although Naseem Shah will face much better and more experienced batsmen than the Netherlands batsmen in the Asia Cup, ten wickets in the very first ODI series has boosted Naseem Shah’s confidence and this confidence. Can be very important against big batsmen too.
Analyst: Shehzad Farooq
