On September 11, the curtain came down on this year’s Asia Cup with the Pakistan-Sri Lanka final match. This year’s Asia Cup has caught the attention of cricket fans in many ways. Virat Kohli’s century, Naseem Shah’s brilliant performance,
Underdogs Sri Lanka win the title. Let’s see what cricket got from the stage of the Asia Cup.
1. Moved from Sri Lanka to UAE:
This year’s Asia Cup was supposed to be held in Sri Lanka. But Sri Lanka could not host so many countries due to political tension and severe economic recession. As a result, the event was held in the United Arab Emirates. And the previous session was also held here.
2. Virat Kohli: Former Indian captain Virat Kohli was deprived of a century for 3 years. After a long break, Kohli returned to the rhythm in the Asia Cup. After a long wait of 1020 days, he got the 71st century of his career.
India was knocked out of the Asia Cup after losing to Pakistan in the Super Four stage. King Kohli came back in devastating form against Afghanistan in the regulation match. He is on the 2nd place in the list of the highest run-scoring batsmen with a total of 276 runs in the Asia Cup. Pakistan’s Rizwan is on the first place.
3. Sri Lanka: Before the start of the Asia Cup, Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka announced that he wants to win the title for the country’s people amid the country’s crisis. However, in the first match of the group stage, the team lost to Afghanistan by 8 wickets. Ultimately, they defeated Pakistan by 23 wickets in the final to win the Asia Cup for the 6th time.
4. Naseem Shah: Pakistan’s emerging young pacer Naseem Shah has shown surprise in the Asia Cup. The great performance of this 19-year-old young cricketer in this year’s Asia Cup has impressed the entire cricket world. Even though Pakistan did not win the first match between Pakistan and India, everyone praised his performance. This young pacer changed the result of the match by hitting two consecutive sixes against Afghanistan. He took seven wickets in five matches. Meanwhile, the news of his romance with actress Urvashi spread in the net world. Although later in an interview he said that he does not know this actress.
It should be noted that India is the maximum 7 times champion team in Asia Cup. Sri Lanka was the second highest champion team with 5 times so far. This time, the team reduced the distance with India by becoming champions for 6th times.