Can Afghanistan beat India in the Asia Cup 2018?

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

With India playing the Asia Cup sans Kohli, could they lose their first ever ODI to Afghanistan in this tournament? 

 

They don't look like a complete side yet but with our unreliable batting I can totally expect us to be in trouble if we have a collapse and/or certain individuals choose to play a Test innings on that day.

[Laaloo]

Without Pant, certainly possible.

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

1 minute ago, Laaloo said:

Without Pant, certainly possible.

Pant is as reliable as Afridi.

[Laaloo]

2 minutes ago, TNAmarkFromIndia said:

Pant is as reliable as Afridi.

Pant is better than our entire middle order.

[SecondSlip]

Afghan batsmen will collapse against Kul-Cha. 

 

 

[Nikola]

Yes ofcourse without pant we can loose even against srilankan side.

[zen]

I would not be surprised if one of Afg and BD beat either Ind or Pak in Super 4 

 

 

[Frustrated]

11 minutes ago, zen said:

I would not be surprised if one of Afg and BD beat either Ind or Pak in Super 4 

 

 

Does not look impossible. Although the chances are low.

 

It seems the UAE wickets heavily favour the team batting first.  As the game progress, the pitch becomes slow and the ball does not come to the bat properly. 

Today, Rashid and Mujeeb looked unplayable.

Yesterday Pakistani batsmen struggled a bit to get 120 odd runs quickly. They took nearly 25 overs.

 

Luckily, there is no kohli this time around.  So,  we might win a few tosses and bat first.  LOL.  

 

 

 

 

[zen]

6 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

Does not look impossible. Although the chances are low.

 

It seems the UAE wickets heavily favour the team batting first.  As the game progress, the pitch becomes slow and the ball does not come to the bat properly. 

Today, Rashid and Mujeeb looked unplayable.

Yesterday Pakistani batsmen struggled a bit to get 120 odd runs quickly. They took nearly 25 overs.

 

Luckily, there is no kohli this time around.  So,  we might win a few tosses and bat first.  LOL.  

 

Conditions are such that we may even get a first time Asia Cup winner   .... BD and Afg will likely improve as the tourney progresses 

[Zero_Unit]

AFG's bowling is a threat where as BD's batting is a threat. If either of IND's bowling/batting department fails against their strong suit, trouble is all I can say. This is why I think Pakistan is the most well balanced team this 2018 asia cup. They got both batting/bowling figured out. However they have a sh*tty captain so bonus for us lol.  

[cric_fan]

Afg can beat anyone on their day...their spin quartet is dangerous.

[beetle]

Possible.

[Jimmy Cliff]

Need to bring in Pujara in the middle-order to counter their spinners .

[Cricket_Fan]

Pandey and Rauyud are TTFS for sure but they are pretty good against spin.Their lack of power game should suit for UAE pitches and both of them are good in rotating singles.Look how they played well against Australia A which had Stanlake,Jye Richardson and Ashton Agar who are any day better than any bowling attack in Asia cup.

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

13 hours ago, Laaloo said:

Pant is better than our entire middle order.

Not really a high mountain to climb there.

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Forget Afghanistan, even Hong Kong looks like having a shot at beating us. 

[jf1gp_1]

For some reason i am thinking of game when bd first time beat aussies. Would be hilarious if we loss today and tommorow.

[sergio04]

we wont even qualify to face Afghanistan

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

14 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

For some reason i am thinking of game when bd first time beat aussies. Would be hilarious if we loss today and tommorow.

Bangladesh had already beaten a few top teams before 2005. Losing to Hong Kong would be far more shameful.

[Adi BB]

1 hour ago, sergio04 said:

we wont even qualify to face Afghanistan

This,might get saved from the humiliation that way  .