Cricket one of the biggest continent Asia is ready to host its biggest ever cricket carnival from today onwards, i.e. 27th of August as the Asia Cup 2022 starts with hosts Sri Lanka taking on the Afghanistan team in the opening match.
The Indian cricket team is the most successful team in the history of the competition having won it a total of 7 times. They are also considered one of the favorites to win the tournament this year.
Indian cricket team is one of the most successful and popular cricket team in the world. The team boasts of some really talented and star cricketers. Those players will play a huge role in guiding the team to their eight Asia Cup title.
Today in this article, we take a look at 5 key Indian players to watch out for in the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 tournament.
Rohit Sharma
Indian team’s captain Rohit Sharma is currently one of the best opening batsman in the world. Rohit has proved his mettle in all formats of the game and leads the team in every formats. He has had a glorious career so far and he would like to strengthen his captaincy bio with the Asia Cup trophy, which he has previously as captain as well.
Virat Kohli
Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is another player who not only will be monitored by Indian fans, but also cricket fans from around the world. The star batter is currently going through the worst run of his life. Once known for scoring century every other game, he has not scored a single century in last 3 years. Everyone’s hoping for him to deliver and everyone knows when he delivers, he is unstoppable.
Suryakumar Yadav
Just after making his debut in 2021, Suryakumar Yadav has today established himself as one of the India’s top middle-order batsman. He has in his short span of career, has outplaced Shreyas Iyer from the team who was considered a long term middle-order batsman. Suryakumar’s numbers have been really good since making his debut. He has so far played 23 T20I matches and has scored 672 runs at an average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 136.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Indian team’s experienced campaigner Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be Team India lead bowler in the Asia Cup 2022 in absence of star bowler Jasprit Bumrah who misses out due to injury. Bhuvneshwar has played a total of 72 matches for Team India in T20Is and has taken 73 wickets. He is known as the King of Swing for swing bowling and ability to swing it both ways.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Senior spin bowler Yuzvendra Chahal will be a huge asset for the Indian team in the Asia Cup 2022. Chahal has over the years turned out to be quite an important player for the Indian team and can take wickets in the middle overs. His wicket-taking prowess was badly missed by the Indian team in the 2021 T20 World Cup played in UAE itself. But he has made a strong comeback since then.
Note that: the whole Indian squad is filled star players everywhere, and any one can win the match for India. But, for the season we had to pick 5 players, we have picked those 5 players whom we think will have a great Asia Cup campaign.