Aakash Chopra Named Three Pakistani Players In Asia Cup 2023 Team Of The Tournament
Aakash Chopra Named Three Pakistani Players In Asia Cup 2023 Team Of The Tournament:
The 2023 Asia Cup tournament recently concluded in Colombo with India winning their eighth Asia Cup title in history.
India thrashed Srilanka by 10 wickets in the final of the Asia Cup 2023 and lifted the 2023 Asia Cup trophy, and normally on the basis of stats, players are picked in the team of a tournament.
Indian former cricketer and commentator, Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel has picked his team for the 2023 Asia Cup tournament.
The team of the tournament picked by Aakash Chopra includes five Indian players, three Pakistani players, and three players from Sri Lanka.
Rohit Sharma who led India to their eighth Asia Cup title will also lead the team of the 2023 Asia Cup named by the former Indian cricketer.
The three Pakistani players picked by Aakash Chopra in his team of the 2023 Asia Cup are wicket-keeper batsman, Muhammad Rizwan, left-arm pacer, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and spin all-rounder and power hitter, Iftikhar Ahmed.
The five Indian players included in the XI are Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, and Muhammad Siraj. The three players picked from Sri Lanka are Kusal Mendis, Dunith Wellalage, and Matheesha Pathirana.
Interestingly, Aakash Chopra left Virat Kohli out of his team of the tournament who scored 129 runs in 3 innings for India at an average of 64 in the tournament.
TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT PICKED BY AAKASH CHOPRA:
Aakash Chopra picked this team of the 2023 Asia Cup tournament consisting of all the top performers in this tournament, which is as follows;
| ROHIT SHARMA © | |
| SHUBMAN GILL | KUSAL MENDIS |
| KL RAHUL | MUHAMMAD RIZWAN |
| IFTIKHAR AHMED | DUNITH WELLALAGE |
| SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI | KULDEEP YADAV |
| MATHEESHA PATHIRANA | MUHAMMAD SIRAJ |
- Shubman Gill scored 302 runs in 6 innings at an average of 75 and is the highest runs scorer of the 2023 Asia Cup tournament.
- Matheesha Pathirana picked up 11 wickets in 6 innings at an average of 24 runs and is the highest wicket-taker of the 2023 Asia Cup tournament.
There was no place for the Pakistani captain, Babar Azam in the team of the tournament by Aakash Chopra who scored 207 runs in 4 innings at an average of 52 and was the fourth highest runs scorer of the tournament.
DO LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS, WHAT WILL BE YOUR TEAM OF THE 2023 ASIA CUP TOURNAMENT BASED ON THE PLAYERS WITH THE BEST STATS IN THE ASIA CUP 2023.
