Red-Hot Babar Azam To Struggling Virat Kohli: 5 To Watch At Asia Cup | Cricket News
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The Asia Cup begins on Saturday with top cricketers including India superstar Virat Kohli and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam in action in the United Arab Emirates. Here are five players to watch in the six-nation tournament, which is an important warm-up for the T20 World Cup in Australia in October.Red-hot AzamWith key pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi out injured, Pakistan will depend heavily on Azam's blazing batting.The 27-year-old leads the T20 and one-day batting rankings and comes into the tournament on the back of two big half-centuries in Pakistan's 3-0 ODI sweep of the Netherlands.He scored an unbeaten 68 as his side demolished India by 10 wickets in the last meeting between the arch-rivals in the 2021 T20 World Cup -- at the same venue where they meet this Sunday.Cornered Ko...