Why winning Asia cup will not be a cakewalk for India?

3) Pakistan is a force to reckon with

After winning the Champions Trophy in 2017 held in England, Pakistan have played some fearless cricket. They whitewashed Sri Lanka in a five-match ODI series in UAE and recently Zimbabwe as well. They are the most unpredictable side in the world. They can come up with some great performance and also some very poor ones.

Their main problem has been the batting department. They have found a new batting sensation in their opener Fakhar Zaman who recently scored a 200 and became the fastest one to score 1000 runs in ODIs.

He has an apt partner in Imam-ul-Haq who can play the role of an anchor, building the innings for Pakistan. The middle order looks pretty strong and settled comprising of Babar Azam(their best batsman), Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik. Sarfraz, the wicketkeeper-batsman will be leading the side.

In allrounders, they have Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan in their armoury. In Mohammad Nawaz, they have a great spinner. To back up their strength in seaming department, they have Mohammad Amir, Junaid Khan and Hasan Ali. Hasan Ali took the most number of wickets in the Champions Trophy they won previously and India might have to look out for him.

In totality, they have a side which can take away the title from India and will be the biggest challenge in India's road to Asia Cup.