Asia Cup 2022 - Sri Lanka (UAE)

Afghanis overreacted as always. Sad to see this behaviour.

 

“We won a couple of bilateral series as you compete in three or five matches against one team, and you know about them, but in a tournament like Asia Cup, there are different rivals, and things become difficult,” he said.
 
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Lovely match. Went down to the wire. A dual-round robin would have made matters really interesting. Perhaps they would want to try that for the next edition.

Last four Pakistan vs Afghanistan contests
AC 2018: Pak won with 3 balls to spare
ODI WC 2019: Pak won with 2 balls to spare
T20I WC 2021: Pak won with 6 balls to spare
AC 2022: Pak won with 4 balls to spare.

The Afghans lack finishing touch.

Even in the last game against Lanka they came close.

Hopefully they will improve in that area soon.

I sense a new rivalry here. The post match scenes and the last few games between these 2 sides have been exhilarating. Give Afghans more games and they will improve. In the 2016 WT20 they did win against the eventual champions WI. More games for Afghanistan would mean a difficult and stronger Asian unit.
Shoutout to him, he’s been a breath of fresh air after a week of the Ws, Majrekar and Athar Ali Khan

What is he still doing there? Didn't his team crash out?
 
Ideally, there should be intercontinental championships- the winners of which would then get direct entry to the T20 World Cups. The remainders could go into qualifiers. Might make for interesting matchups and kill the dead-rubbers entirely.

Imagine a Euro Cup with England, Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands competing for 1 direct entry slot in the WT20. They'd give it their all.

As for the Americas, I am a big fan of splitting up the Caribbean islands- them coming together as the West Indies has little value seeing as there doesnt seem to be any affinity towards the side. It will certainly be interesting should this happen.
 
Battered and bruised India should win today. The margin and manner is anybody's guess.
 

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