We have talked about the Team India squad for Asia Cup 2022 but we cannot ignore the 4 other major teams in this tournament and all these teams have the capability of winning this Cup for their nation. We will talk about the teams of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in this article and I leave it up to the readers to decide which of these 4 teams can challenge India in this Asia Cup which is starting tomorrow.
Before we look at all these teams I just want to say that I hope that we see more close matches in this Asia Cup which will help all the teams in preparing for the World Cup later this year. There are some veterans and some Beth exciting young players that can show the audience at large how good they are. So, with all that being said let’s look at each one of the 4 major teams other than India in this Asia Cup.
PAKISTAN
Babar Azam – Captain
Batters
Fakhar Zaman
Haider Ali
Khushdil Shah
Asif Ali
Mohammad Rizwan (WK)
All Rounders
Shadab Khan
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Wasim Jr
Mohammad Nawaz
Fast Bowlers
Mohammad Hasnain
Shahnawaz Dhanu
Naseem Shah
Haris Rauf
Spinners
Usman Qadir
SRI LANKA
Dasun Shanaka – Captain
Batters
Pathun Nissanka
Kusal Mendis (WK)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (WK)
Dinesh Chandimal (WK)
All Rounders
Danushka Gunathilwka
Charith Asalanka
Dhananjaya De Silva
Wanindu Hasaranga
Fast Bowlers
Nuwan Thushara
Pramod Madhushan
Asitha Fernando
Matheesha Pathirana
Dilshan Madushanka
Chamika Karunaratne
Spinners
Mahesh Theekshana
Jeffrey Vandersay
Praveen Jayawickrama
Nuwandu Fernando
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AFGHANISTAN
Mohammad Nabi – Captain
Batters
Najibullah Zadran
Afsar Zazai (WK)
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Hazratullah Zazai
Ibrahim Zadran
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)
Usman Ghani
All Rounders
Samiullah Shinwari
Rashid Khan
Karim Janat
Fast Bowlers
Fareed Ahmed Malik
Naveen Ul Haq
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Azmatullah Omarzai
Spinners
Noor Ahmed
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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BANGLADESH
Shakib Al Hasan – Captain
Batters
Anamul Haque (WK)
Mushfiqur Rahim (WK)
Sabbir Rahman
Parvez Hussain (WK)
Mohammad Naim
All Rounders
Afif Hossain
Mossaddek Hossain
Mahmudullah
Mahedi Hasan
Mohammad Saifuddin
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Fast Bowlers
Taskin Ahmed
Ebadot Hossain
Mustafizur Rahman
Spinners
Nasum Ahmed
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