Asia Cup 2022: Rating teams based on their bowling performances in tournament

2. Pakistan - 7.5/10

In a time where most of the batters looked shaky, it was the bowlers who once again helped Pakistan reach the finals of a major tournament. Now, bowling has always been Pakistan's strength and Asia Cup 2022 wasn’t an exception. In the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr, the young boys were simply fantastic.

After a bitter defeat in the hands of India in their very first match of the tournament, the Pakistani bowlers thrashed Hong Kong as their wickets fell like a house of cards. Dismissing a side at just 38 runs in a T20I game is a massive thing considering that the same team scored 152 runs against India just a couple of before it.

Going forward, the bowlers restricted India to just 181 runs in the super four of the Asia Cup when the Men in Blue were eyeing for 200-210 runs. In the next match, they restricted Afghanistan for just 129 runs but most importantly, Naseem Shah, a bowler, hit two sixes in the final over of the match to help Pakistan qualify for the finals of the Asia Cup. However, they weren't able to control Lanka in the summit clash from scoring big and ended as the runners up.

Talking about figures, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, and Shadab Khan with 8 wickets each are the third highest wicket-takers in the tournament. Their young sensation Naseem Shah, had seven wickets to his name in the tournament.