Was the tag of "2nd Best Team in Asia" too big to handle for the Afghanistan team?

[JaDed]

Its funny how the indian fans here have no confidence in their own team.

The amount of baak baak they do here, and now when i said the true asian no.1 is gonna be the winner, alot of them are panicking and giving justification.

That local something says its a tournament below cpl but still not confident his team can win, who he also thinks is no.1

Good teams can lose as well.. no.1 ranking doesn't mean they will win all finals in front of them.

 

[charlie007]

Its funny how the indian fans here have no confidence in their own team.

The amount of baak baak they do here, and now when i said the true asian no.1 is gonna be the winner, alot of them are panicking and giving justification.

That local something says its a tournament below cpl but still not confident his team can win, who he also thinks is no.1

It’s not about any confidence, it’s about the wrong criteria you have to determine Asia’s #1 team. How can a team be World #1 having won the T20 World Cup but not the best in Asia, by your criteria- your argument is logically flawed.

 

[Local.Dada]

Based on today- Oman @Major

 

[Devadwal]

Oman played better cricket than Pakistan against World best T20 team

 

[ElRaja]

afghanistan will face the same problem every promoted nation faces. whether it be zim, bang, ire, etc, its only natural that these teams get promoted when they find a crop of three or four international level players. this isnt necessarily a result of the system, especially for afghanistan where a lot of their vanguard grew up in the pakistani system. rashid khan, mohamad nabi will not be replaced easily, and there is no guarantee the replacement players are gonna be good enough (look at SL and Pak of the 90s vs today). the problems just more magnified, when u didnt have a lot of international quality players in the first place.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Rashid Khan is a rubbish captain.

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- 415 wickets in only 222 Internationals
- 12 Fifers, 16 Four-fers
- Youngest captain in Tests & ODIs
- Fastest to 100 T20I wickets
- 2nd fastest to 100 ODI wickets
- 2,107runs with 6 fifties

Highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket (672*)

Happy Birthday to the Afghan GOAT, the winner of so many franchise league titles, and one of the best leggies of this generation, Rashid Khan!

 

[sweep_shot]

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- 415 wickets in only 222 Internationals
- 12 Fifers, 16 Four-fers
- Youngest captain in Tests & ODIs
- Fastest to 100 T20I wickets
- 2nd fastest to 100 ODI wickets
- 2,107runs with 6 fifties

Highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket (672*)

Happy Birthday to the Afghan GOAT, the winner of so many franchise league titles, and one of the best leggies of this generation, Rashid Khan!

He is the greatest T20 player of all time. He has the most T20I and most T20 wickets. He is not even 30 yet (officially at least).

 

[Mas-LFC]

So called asia’s 2nd best team they are out they will watch what traditional top4 asians sides do. We got a Nagin El Classico match coming up. When’s the match thread going to be open for discussion!

 

[light]

I actually agree with Major. Rankings mean nothing unless u actually win the whole thing

Belgium was No 1 in Fifa rankings but they never delivered at WC or Euro

Remember Pakistan came into 2023 WC as No 1 in ICC rankings !

I agree with this too but there is a slight flaw in this - winning the trophy does not mean the best performing team won it, both in cricket and soccer (I don't follow other sports than NHL so can't comment about those). Every team can have an off day, could also happen in semi or final. Statistically speaking, the best team will lift the cup almost always - but there is a probability where they may have an off day during the knockout and that's pretty much GG. If you want to go NHL's route, best x amount of won out of y played, the team with the most wins lifts the cup - that off day would mean nothing anymore and the best team will always win the cup.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Who is the

I actually agree with Major. Rankings mean nothing unless u actually win the whole thing

Belgium was No 1 in Fifa rankings but they never delivered at WC or Euro

Remember Pakistan came into 2023 WC as No 1 in ICC rankings !

But Asia cup is not world cup. There is a difference between Madrid open and Wimbledon.

 

[SportsWarrior]

Indians rested so called best bowler in history Bumrah from so called high quality test series to play against UAE in so called low quality cup.

Bumrah will bowl less overs over four weeks in this tournament than a single innings in a test match. And he played three test matches in England

 

[BouncerGuy]

Afghanistan made a mess TBH. They were playing with 10 players already, with Karam Jannat playing, but he was a freeloader and useless. As I said earlier, they need to stop relying on their bowlers every game and should try to make their batting work.

 

[Ali Active]

Pak is in middle ground

Top ranked team i would rank
Australia
india
England
Sa
nz
Pak

pakistan is 6th on the list imo
on given day they can beat Sa and nz too and all this talk of pakistan being ultra minnow is trash one off game means nothing

 

[Devadwal]

Pak is in middle ground

Top ranked team i would rank
Australia
india
England
Sa
nz
Pak

pakistan is 6th on the list imo
on given day they can beat Sa and nz too and all this talk of pakistan being ultra minnow is trash one off game means nothing

India is miles ahead of everyone including Sena country.

We will play 5 match T20 series in australia in October , we will exposed Australian tullebaaz in their conditions

 

[Ali Active]

India is miles ahead of everyone including Sena country.

We will play 5 match T20 series in australia in October , we will exposed Australian tullebaaz in their conditions

not really sure buddy india is great team but still i would rank australia above them due to their pressure handling skills india will fold under pressure aussies thrive under pressure

 

[Devadwal]

not really sure buddy india is great team but still i would rank australia above them due to their pressure handling skills india will fold under pressure aussies thrive under pressure

Yes we have seen how they handled the pressure in World T20 2024 when they lost to Afghanistan and India.

 

[Ali Active]

Yes we have seen how they handled the pressure in World T20 2024 when they lost to Afghanistan and India.

forgot how they beat u at your home at your crowd lol in wc23

 

[Devadwal]

forgot how they beat u at your home at your crowd lol in wc23

After that india won back to back ICC trophy while Australia none .

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

They need better fast bowlers.

Sediq, Zadran and Gurbaz are good but they need one more quality batsman at 4. That will be enough to become a mid tier team.

 

[Vikram1989]

After that india won back to back ICC trophy while Australia none .

To be precise, India knocked out Aussies in both tournaments

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Where is that journalist who called Afg the second best, he should be given a third degree...

 

[jnaveen1980]

This thread is going to keep getting pumped. ICC event wil give us the clear picture. It is important to see how these teams do well against SENA teams who are in top 5 ranking.