The Asia Cup 2022 is the most prestigious Cricket Tournament right after the ICC World Cup. Along with the Men in Blue, you can see some of the top contenders in the cricketing world face off against each other in the Asia Cup. For example, teams like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong are some of the best teams in this tournament. For India, the Asia Cup is special this year because of the massive win against Hong Kong. India recently qualified into the Super Four group of the Asia Cup 2022 by beating Hong Kong by 40 runs. But why is the Asia Cup being talked about so much? Well, here’s all you need to know about the Asia Cup, and everything that makes it a memorable cricket tournament.

What is the Asia Cup 2022?

The Asia Cup is a one day international (ODI) Cricket tournament. It is also a T20 international cricket tournament that most viewers in Asia enjoy watching. This tournament started in 1983 with the simultaneous establishment of the Asia Cricket Council. One interesting fact about the Asia Cup is that each year, its format changes. Since it is both an ODI and a T20 cricket tournament, each year the format alternates between the two. This year, the Asia Cup is being played in the T20 format. While there are many Asian teams playing in the Asia Cup, India has been by far the strongest being the owner of 7 past titles. Whereas Sri Lanka is the most visible team in this tournament due to having played the most number of matches.

History of India in the Asia Cup 2022

Being the most successful team in the history of this tournament, India has made it to 10 of the total 14 finals of the Asia Cup since 1983. However, India too faced an unsuccessful spell from 1997 to 2008. During this time, India could not appear in any of the finals of this tournament. The history of Indian is also important in the Asia Cup because it was in the 2012 Asia Cup (hosted in Bangladesh), that Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th century. Moreover, in the Asia Cup 2022, India’s win against Hong Kong is significant because of their strong rivalry since 2018. In the Asia Cup 2018 (hosted in the UAE), Hong Kong was quite close to beating India. Hence, India’s clean and insurmountable win against Hong Kong in the Asia Cup 2022 became highly celebrated recently.

Asia Cup 2022: India Beats Hong Kong

India recently beat Hong Kong in almost a record win of 40 runs. This opened up the spot for India on the Super 4 group of qualifiers. Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav showed their batting prowess in this match with the former being 59 runs not out and the latter being 68 runs not out. Hong Kong was able to fell only 2 wickets of India, while themselves losing 5 wickets.

Takeaway

With the growing popularity of the Asia Cup, it is obvious that budding Indian cricketers are also eyeing this achievement. We think that some of the most talented young Under-19 (U-19) cricketers have what it takes to win back the Asia Cup for the country in the near future. For example, Dinesh Bana, Yash Dhull, and Sheikh Rasheed have tremendous capability to fill the shoes of former captains of the Indian cricket team.