Asia Cup 2018: One player to watch out for from each team

Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal

Tamim Iqbal has been one of Bangladesh's most influential players in the last 12 years.

Bangladesh has come close to winning major tournament finals quite a lot in the last six years - be it the 2012 Asia Cup Final, the 2016 Asia Cup T20 Final or the 2018 Nidahas Trophy Final. Bangladesh is certainly one of the contenders for the tournament, and the experience of seniors such as Shakib, Mushfiqur, Mashrafe and Mahmudullah would certainly help them hold their nerve as well this time around.

Tamim scored two big centuries and one fifty in his team's ODI series win in the West Indies this July, followed by a match-winning 44-ball 74 in a T20I against the same opposition. Tamim just needs to follow the tried and tested technique of spending time at the crease and accumulating runs, an art he has mastered over the last few years.