Asia Cup 2022 - Sri Lanka (UAE)

[Skankhunt_42]

Shambolic display by SL today. Full credit to Afghanistan. Pitch was challenging up front but not suited for such a disaster. Tomorrow advantage pakistan

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Crucial partnership this. If they reach 115 ish.. this is game on!

 

[CerealKiller]

SL need a miracle by Theekshana and Hasanranga

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Afghanistan to win the tournament, I'm calling it now

 

[wasteyouryouth]

This is a spanking

 

[CerealKiller]

Switched off because i thought it was gonna be a boring 15-over chase

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Switched off because i thought it was gonna be a boring 15-over chase

Babar is playing tomorrow.

 

[CerealKiller]

Babar is playing tomorrow.

Getting PTSD from his last T20 innings in Dubai

 

[Ashutosh.]

So the trend gonna continue from last year WT20?

Bat first and win the match.

If so, I'll only be watching the TOSS then Tommorow.

Virat is not the captain so we can win the toss.

 

[Bevab]

This Afghan side deserves to play more international games. Hope they aren’t barred due to off-field reasons over which they have no control. Gurbaz has the potential to be an absolute superstar in the future in T20s if he keeps playing this way.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Just to sum it up, today's game is nowhere close to represent the quality Sri Lankan team possess. That is not to say they didn't play badly but they are capable of doing a lot better than this. Also it makes one realise how far Afghanistan as a Cricket nation have come!

I think it is going to be difficult for Sri Lanka if Bangladesh wins any of their games now!

On to the big game tomorrow b/w India & Pakistan!!

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

For India you would pretty much expect a settled line-up. My bet would be,

Rohit Sharma
KL Rahul
Virat Kohli
Suryakumar Yadav
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Ravichandran Ashwin
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Arshdeep Singh
Yuzvendra Chahal

However, in a more realistic scenario we would see Pant and another seamer (most likely it would be Avesh) in place of Ashwin.

Either this side is capable of beating Pakistan and it would be more troubles for Pakistan if they are batting first.

Pakistan are already under trouble as they have lost Shaheen & Mohammad Wasim at a very crucial stage in their build up to this tournament. So the only way I see them winning is India not performing at their best. However, if Pakistan can really get some early wickets and target the likes of Chahal and Bhuvi and not give wickets to someone like Jadeja in the middle overs, things can change.

For Pakistan I think they should rather play...

Babar Azam
Mohammad Rizwan
Fakhar Zaman
Haider Ali
Asif Ali
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Nawaz
Hasan Ali
Naseem Shah
Haris Rauf
Mohammad Hasnain

Qadir may come in for Hasnain depending on the surface.

 

[CerealKiller]

Babar Azam
Mohammad Rizwan
Fakhar Zaman
Haider Ali
Asif Ali
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Nawaz
Hasan Ali
Naseem Shah
Haris Rauf
Mohammad Hasnain

4 seamers is overkill, and the tail is a tad too long. Hasan i
Iftikhar and Khushdil are likely to play in my opinion.

I think this is the likely lineup

Babar
Rizwan
Fakhar
Iftikhar/Haider
Khushdil
Asif
Shadab (he should be at 5 ideally)
Nawaz
Hasan/Dahani/Hasnain
Naseem
Haris

 

[Bigby Wolf]

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Wasim Jaffer is savage