Asia Cup 2022 Scenario: India’s second defeat in three days on the Super Four stage hasn’t dominated them out of the Asia Cup solely, however has made them dependent precariously on the outcomes of matches during which they haven’t been included.
Needless to say, they should beat Afghanistan on Thursday, that too by as a lot of a margin as doable. But so far as the qualification for Sunday’s closing is anxious, the end result of that match can solely be of educational curiosity as India could possibly be out of the reckoning earlier than taking the sector.
This is as a result of Pakistan will face Afghanistan in Sharjah on Wednesday and a victory for Babar Azam’s staff will put them out of India’s attain. For this cause, Rohit Sharma & Co. will assist Dalits in that contest.
With Sri Lanka already having two Super Four victories, that will verify the Pakistan-Lanka title conflict.
Even if Afghanistan manages to beat Pakistan after which lose to India, India will nonetheless be depending on Sri Lanka to beat Pakistan on Friday.
When India captain Rohit Sharma was requested about the potential of India Pakistan closing, “Hoga hoga kyun tension le rahe ho (Hoga hoga, why are you taking tension?”
Rohit saying India vs Pak hoga #crickettwitter pic.twitter.com/rfdQvpv4d6
— Vimal Kumar (@Vimalwa) 6 September 2022
This would seal Lanka’s place within the closing with three consecutive wins, and with the opposite three groups successful one every, with the online run price being the deciding criterion.
One factor might be getting in India’s favor is that their two losses have come on the ultimate balls of the match, and an enormous win over Afghanistan may nonetheless put them again within the equation, if different outcomes go their manner.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
