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“Yes, they can win the Asia Cup”: Ex-Pak opener on India’s chances of winning the tournament

  The former Pakistan opener Salman butt has glorified the actual chances of the Indian team to win the upcoming Asia Cup tournament. Rohit and company are putting their blood and sweat in the nets to get ready for this mega tournament of Asia Cup, where the stalwart teams like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are ready to obstruct the way to the trophy for India. 

    Salman Butt has been the part of Pakistan team in the Asia Cup of 2008 and 2010 where the side has done brilliant job with the help of top batting performance. In the upcoming league the biggest challenge for India will be the side of Pakistan who is currently the number one T20 team of the world as per the ICC rankings. The Rohit Sharma leading team could meet with Pakistan more than two times as per the schedule is designed. 

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  Thus if India goes past this barrier then the chances of winning the trophy will automatically get multiplied as the other teams like Sri Lanka Bangladesh and Afghanistan have the meagre chances to beat the strong side of India. 

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   Thus, Salman Butt also spoke the same thing on his YouTube channel regarding the Indian side. His exact words were, “Yes, they can win the Asia Cup. Do they lack Vitamin C (laughs)? The type of cricket they are playing, the pool of players they have, people will consider them as favourites”.

   Later he added, “But then there is Pakistan, who can beat any team on their day. Afghanistan are the dark horse as they can get bowled out easily but can also do the same to other teams”. 

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