Asia Cup 2018: Ranking the Top 5 teams in the tournament

#1 India

India

have

been dominant throughout the tournament

Unanimously, the team of the tournament.

In the absence of their regular skipper Virat Kohli, India hardly missed him as they had put up a clinical show in every outing.

They had dominated all their opponents so far in the tournament and consequently, they are to yet to face a defeat.

Although their performance against Hong Kong is a debatable topic, they managed to win it after breaking some sweat.

Both the much-hyped clashes between India and Pakistan resulted in a one-sided affair which shows the reign of the Indian team in the tournament.

They played a second tier team in a dead rubber against Afghanistan and had to settle for a tie.

The middle order couldn’t handle the pressure and lost wickets regularly and settling for a tie consequently. Shikhar Dhawan continued his golden run in the shorter format as he tops the chart of leading run scorers of this tournament with 327 runs.

The Stand-In skipper Rohit Sharma delivered with the bat as well as he has 269 runs in 4 outings. The Indian Bowling line up has been extraordinary in this tournament as hardly any batsman looked comfortable against them.

The only weak link of the Indian team is the middle order which they need to set it right as soon as possible. It’s safe to say India not only looks set to retain the Asia Cup but also to bring the World Cup back home next year.