3 reasons why India will win the Asia Cup 2018
The Asia Cup which is set to begin from 15th of September will be played in the UAE this time around. It will follow the usual one-day format and will feature 6 teams playing 13 matches with the tournament following a round-robin format.
The 6 teams that will be participating are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and a qualifier team who will be decided after the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifiers. India has won this cup 5 times in the one-day format, and they share this record with Sri Lanka.
Interestingly, the record still sits with India if we count the one Asia Cup win that came in the T20 format in 2016. So will this time around be India's 7th title in the absence of Virat Kohli?
Here are 3 reasons why India can win it this time as well.
#1 Settled Batting Order
India has had a pretty solid and consistent top order in the form of Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli. So, with rest given to Kohli for this series KL Rahul will bat at the number 3 position, which will help cement his spot in the one-day format.
Manish Pandey, with the form he is in, should be coming in to bat at 4 and it will help in stabilizing the middle order.MS Dhoni should occupy the number 5 position as he is not the finisher that he used to be in the past.
The rest of the batting positions should select itself with Kedar coming in at 6 and Hardik Pandya doing his all-rounder's bit at 7, which pretty much seals the deal for India in terms of their depth in batting.