Asia Cup 2022: Three High-Voltage Matches To Look Forward To In The 13th Edition

This
time
there
will
be
a
flair
quotient
too
as
the
Asia
Cup
2022
will
be
played
in
T20
format,
tailoring
in
the
fact
that
this
is
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
year.

This
edition
of
the
Asia
Cup
offers
a
lot
of
importance
for
the
teams
as
well
because
they
can
take
a
deeper
look
at
the
team
composition
for
the
big
event.

But
before
that,
here
are
3
high-voltage
matches
that
can
steal
the
show
in
the
Asia
Cup
2022.

1
India
vs
Pakistan

Undoubtedly,
the
India
vs
Pakistan
match
on
August
28
is
the
marquee
clash
of
the
Asia
Cup
2022.
These
two
traditional
rivals
have
given
us
some
magic
moments
in
the
past
across
the
formats.
Whenever
they
came
face
to
face
in
the
desert,
there
were
thrillers
as
Javed
Miandad’s
last
ball
six
off
Chetan
Sharma
that
created
a
siege
of
sort
for
years
to
come.
Even
now,
the
head
to
head
record
between
two
teams
in
the
UAE
is
overwhelmingly
in
favour
of
Pakistan
as
they
have
a
19-9
edge
over
India
in
29
matches.

Now,
a
set
of
new
generation
players
are
the
flag-bearers
of
both
the
teams
but
the
needle
has
not
gone
down
even
one
bit.
We
can
still
look
forward
to
some
fire
from
Rohit
Sharma,
Virat
Kohli,
Babar
Azam,
Shaheen
Afridi
etc.

2
India
vs
Bangladesh

For
this
to
happen,
India
need
to
finish
first
or
second
in
the
Group
A
and
correspondingly,
Bangladesh
also
should
finish
first
or
second
in
Group
B.
It
is
not
a
possibility
to
be
ruled
out.
The
only
hindrance
is
the
wretched
recent
form
of
Bangladesh
as
they
had
lost
to
both
West
Indies
and
Zimbabwe
at
home.

Coming
to
back
to
the
match,
India
vs
Bangladesh
is
not
quite
the
India
vs
Pakistan.
But
the
fans
have
waged
social
media
battle,
remember
the
memes
with
Dhoni’s
chopped
off
head,
over
the
contest.
On
the
field
too,
the
rivalry
has
bloomed
in
the
latter
of
2000s
as
testified
by
MS
Dhoni’s
last
ball
run
out
of
Mustafizur
Rahman
in
the
2016
T20
World
Cup.
So,
can
we
see
another
round
of
explosive
stuff?

H2H
in
T20:
M:
11,
India
Won:
10,
Bangladesh
Won:
1

3
Pakistan
vs
Afghanistan

This
is
not
a
fabled
rivalry
or
even
a
contest
that
has
seen
many
chapters.
But
the
Pakistan
vs
Afghanistan
match
holds
the
promise
of
being
a
hotly
contested
one,
a
match-up
for
the
future.
First
things
first,
for
this
to
happen
both
Pakistan
and
Afghanistan
need
to
qualify
from
Group
A
and
Group
B
respectively
as
A1
/
A2
and
B1
/
B2.

If
it
happens,
this
match
can
throw
up
some
brilliant
moments
as
both
the
teams
have
some
wonderful
T20
players.
Pakistan
have
the
likes
of
captain
Babar
Azam,
Mohammad
Rizwan,
Shaheen
Afridi,
Fakhar
Zaman
etc
while
Afghanistan
boast
of
players
like
Rashid
Khan,
the
exciting
Rahmanullah
Gurbaz
etc
in
their
ranks.
It
would
not
be
entirely
a
shocker
if
the
Afghans
pull
off
a
massive
upset
in
this
match.

T20
H2H:
Pakistan
won
2;
Afghanistan
won:
0