Asia Cup 2023: Rating performances of teams in Group Stage

The Asia Cup 2023 group stage came to an end on September 5, 2023, and that saw Sri Lanka edging out Afghanistan by 2 runs in a thrilling contest to confirm their spot in the Super 4s stage of the tournament. 

India and Pakistan qualified from Group A which saw Nepal getting eliminated after losing both their matches, while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka made it into the Super 4s from Group B, with Afghanistan being eliminated.

The performances of the participating teams were very near to what their fans must have expected in the league stage.

Therefore, here are the ratings of each team in the Asia Cup 2023 group stage based on performance:

Nepal – 3/10

This was Nepal’s first dance at the big event and to be fair, they did very well. In their first match of the Asia Cup against Pakistan, Nepal managed to hold off the inevitable of a huge total by picking a few early wickets. But Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed’s centuries took Pakistan to a huge score.

And then Nepal batters couldn’t withstand the Pakistan pace attack and crumbled for 104 all out. Against India, Nepal batters benefitted from sloppy catching and fielding and posted a very decent total against off-colour Indian bowling. However, their bowlers were no match for a rampaging Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill.

However, the Nepal team went back with valuable experience learning from ace cricketers from both sides; Pakistan and India, which would encourage them to do better constantly.