5 Similarities that anyone barely noticed between Chennai’s win in 2021 Indian T20 League and Sri Lanka’s title triumph in Asia Cup 2022

The Sri Lankan team stunned everyone with a historic title win in the Asia Cup 2022 after winning the final against Pakistan. Both teams locked the horns in the title clash of the tournament on the 11^th of September at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Notably, it was the sixth time when Lankan tigers ended up as the champions in the tournament.

Although, it was completely out of the expectations of the fans as they were assuming the final between the two arch-nemesis arch-rivals India and Pakistan. But Dasun Shanak & co came out of the syllabus both for the participating teams and the cricket fans as well.

The winning captain Dasun Shanaka happened to say in the post-match presentation in that Chennai’s win in the final of the Indian T20 League in 2021 made his team believe that they could clinch the title in the Asia Cup 2022.

So, keeping Shanaka’s statement in the back of my mind, here we’ll have a look at five similarities that anyone could have barely noticed between CSK’s win and Sri Lanka’s crowning in the Asia Cup 2022.

1: Both teams won after batting first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium

“We are confident that won the match after losing the toss and batting first because we saw CSK won the IPL trophy by batting first in Dubai.” – Dasun Shanaka

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“We are confident that won the match after losing the toss and batting first because we saw CSK win the IPL trophy by batting first in Dubai.” –  said Dasun Shanaka in the post-match presentation.

Considering the behavior of the turf at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, it is very often that the teams who decide to bat first here have won the toss. But things went rare on both occasions in the finals of the Indian T20 League 2021 and Asia Cup 2022. Chennai and Lankan teams won the title clashes of marquee tournaments after batting first.

Sri Lankan skipper went on to credit Chennai’s past performance for the success of his team in the finals of the Asia Cup 2022.