This year’s Asia Cup started in the United Arab Emirates on August 27. This year’s Asia Cup, which lasted for about half a month, ended on September 11. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in the final of this continental tournament and took home the title for the sixth time. Now it’s the turn of the reckoning, how did the cricketers of the six teams play with bat-ball in the entire Asia Cup?
Usually at the end of a tournament it is the cricketers of the top teams who are ahead in the performance race. This year’s Asia Cup was no exception. Pakistan’s opener Mohammad Rizwan scored the most runs. He has brought the taste of runner-up to his team by spreading light with the bat in the entire tournament.
Rizwan played a total of 6 matches in this tournament. Where he scored a total of 281 runs with 3 fifties. India’s Virat Kohli is the second-best batsman of the tournament with 276 runs. Along with 2 fifties, the only century of the tournament also came from his bat. But Kohli played 5 matches.
Apart from this, the other batsman in the top three is Afghanistan’s Najibullah Zadran. He also played 5 matches and scored 196 runs with the help of 1 fifty. Meanwhile, India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was left out of the Super Four, shined with the ball. This pacer is at the top of all by taking 11 wickets.
Bhuvneshwar spent 6.05 runs per over bowling in 5 matches. Best bowling figures, 5 wickets for 4 runs. Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga is number two with 9 wickets from 6 matches. Whose economy rate is 7.39. Besides, Pakistani spinner Mohammad Nawaz is in third place with 8 wickets at 5.89 economy from 6 matches.
Besides, Rizwan hit the highest number of fours in the Asia Cup with 21 fours. Kohli has hit 20 fours in 5 matches. On the other hand, Virat Kohli and Afghanistan’s Gurbaz are the joint highest hitters with 12 sixes in 5 matches.