Asia Cup 2022 Winning Prediction, Who will win Asia Cup 2022?

Asia Cup 2022 Winning Prediction, Who will win Asia Cup 2022? In the next 24 hours, we will see the opener of the Asia Cup 2022, the biggest non-ICC-sponsored cricket tournament. The host, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are scheduled to kickstart the six-team affair in the Dubai International Stadium. 

As mentioned above, six Asian teams will participate in the fifteenth edition of the Asia Cup. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong will contest for the tournament glory.

This article will take you through the Asia Cup 2022 Winning Prediction. Who will win Asia Cup 2022?

Asia Cup 2022 Winning Prediction:

Though the tournament is contested by six cricket-playing nations, most of the odds are aligned with India and Pakistan to be the finalist. This is going to be one no-brainer situation for any cricket enthusiast to predict, especially if we look at how the teams have fared so far in their international assignments. However, we can never bypass the little chances the remaining four teams possess.

India and Pakistan are the top two cricketing teams in the world. There is no tournament in the world that weighs these two teams less than any other. In fact, India becomes an intuitive favourite to win any competition it plays across the globe. Such has been the domination of the Men in Blue through the years.

However, no one can disregard the fact that Pakistan has played fantastically in the last few years or so. Their encouraging performance poses a serious challenge for India in clinching the Asia Cup 2022.

Interestingly, Pakistan dismantled the Indian batting lineup last year on the World Cup stage. The Men in Green outplayed the Indians and registered their first-ever victory against India in World Cup history. This win would certainly uplift the Pakistanis to once again trump team India.

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On the other side, Sri Lanka has lifted the Asia Cup glory five times and is only behind India which has seven in its collection. Sri Lanka?s most recent Asia Cup win came in 2014 when the tournament was held in the ODI format. They defeated Pakistan in the final.

However, looking at their current performance and the ongoing turbulence in the clarity of their roles, it will be extremely tricky for them to pass through the group stage. 

The same goes for Afghanistan and Bangladesh. While Afghanistan has never managed to reach the final of the Asia Cup, Bangladesh have made three final appearances in the last four seasons of the Asian tournament, but never won a single title.

Bangladesh certainly have some outside chances to pull up something insane in the upcoming tournament. With players like Shakib al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim on the side, Bangladesh would look to perform exceptionally and break the shackles.

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