I-Asia Cup: Impi Enzima Yokuphakama Kwekhilikithi

Ikhilikithi e-Asia akusiyo eyababuthaka. Kunonya, kunengcindezi ephezulu, futhi akudingi lutho olungaphansi kokuzinikela okuphelele. I-Asia Cup ibilokhu iyisiteji lapho kusinda abanzima kakhulu, futhi abangcono kakhulu bafaka amagama abo emlandweni. Akukho kuxhawulana ngokubamba iqhaza, akukho kumbambathwa emhlane ukuze uzame—lo mqhudelwano umayelana nokuwina.

Iphethwe yi-Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Indebe yase-Asia isikhule yaba umqhudelwano ongapheli, umqhudelwano lapho wonke umdlalo ubalulekile. Kulapho imincintiswano iqina khona, lapho izinja zishaya khona ngaphezu kwesisindo sazo, nalapho idumela liqiniswa khona noma liqhekeke. Amandla alokothi anciphe, futhi lonke uhlobo luletha izikhathi ezingenakulibaleka. Ifayineli yeNdebe ye-Asia akuwona nje umdlalo—yimpi yokulwela isicoco sekhilikithi yase-Asia.

“Awudlali ku-Asia Cup ukuze uhlanganise izinombolo. Udlalela ukunqoba. Kulula kanjalo.” – OwayenguMongameli we-ACC

Ikhilikithi iphethe le ngxenye yomhlaba, kodwa akuwona kuphela umdlalo oletha lokho kugijima. Uma ufuna ukungaqiniseki, amandla aluhlaza, nedrama ephezulu, bukhoma ukusakazwa komjaho wamahhashi inikeza lokho kuthokozela okufanayo komkhawulo wesihlalo.

I-Asia Cup akuwona nje omunye umcimbi ekhalendeni. Isivivinyo esicacisayo sobukhulu bekhilikithi esifundeni. Uma ungekho lapha ukuzolwa, ungase futhi uhlale ekhaya.

Umlando Wendebe Yase-Asia: Umqhudelwano Owakhelwe Emiqhudelwaneni Eshubile

I-Asia Cup yazalwa ngo-1984, khona kanye enkabeni ye-UAE, lapho ikhilikithi esifundeni idinga okuthile okukhulu—into engavivinya ngempela abahamba phambili e-Asia. Emuva ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuyizicucu zamaqembu amathathu phakathi kweNdiya, iPakistan, neSri Lanka, kodwa ngisho nasebuncaneni bayo, yayinomkhawulo kuyo. Lokhu bekungewona umhlangano wobungani; bekuqhudelana kusukela osukwini lokuqala.

Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, lo mqhudelwano wenqaba ukuma. I-Bangladesh ilwele ukungena, i-Afghanistan yafakazela ukuthi ingeyabo, futhi kungazelelwe, i-Asia Cup yayingaseyona nje emithathu emikhulu. Izinga lekhilikithi lakhuphuka, umfutho wafinyelela phezulu, futhi imiqhudelwano yaba nesihluku nakakhulu.

Ifomethi bekufanele ihambisane. Ekuqaleni idlalwe njengomqhudelwano we-One Day International (ODI), i-Asia Cup ehambisana nezikhathi. Ngo-2016, yethula ifomethi ye-Twenty20 (T20), okwenza kwaba impi yesimanje efanele. Kwakungekhona ngesiko noma ukugcina izinto zinjengoba zazinjalo; kwakumayelana nokwenza umncintiswano uqine, ubukhali, futhi ungabikezeli.

Lo mqhudelwano awukaze ube owokuba yingxenye—umayelana nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ubani obusa ikhilikithi ye-Asia Cup. Umdlalo wavela, ifomethi yashintsha, kodwa into eyodwa ehlala njalo: uma ungena kuleyo nkundla ngaphandle kokulambela ukuwina, uzothunyelwa ukupakisha.

Ifomethi Nokuziphendukela Kwemvelo: Indlela Indebe Yase-Asia Yaba Yinkundla Yempi

I-Asia Cup ayikaze ibe ngeyokugcina izinto zifana ngenxa yesiko. Uma ufuna umqhudelwano uhlale ubalulekile, uyazijwayeza. Uyaguquka. Uyaqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umdlalo ungowokuncintisana ofanele, futhi yilokho kanye okwenzeka eminyakeni edlule.

Ekuqaleni, kwakulula-ifomethi ye-round-robin lapho wonke umuntu edlala wonke umuntu, futhi iqembu elingcono kakhulu lathatha indebe. Yasebenza, kodwa yayintula lokho kuluma okwengeziwe. Kube sekungena ukwethulwa kwesiteji seSuper Four, ukuhlolwa okufanele kwekhwalithi. Manje, amaqembu amane angcono kakhulu atholana phezulu esigabeni se-robin yesibili, aqinisekisa kuphela ukuthi anamandla afika kowamanqamu we-Asia Cup. Ayikho inhlanhla, akukho midlalo egijimayo—ikhilikithi yangempela nje, eyalwelwa kanzima.

Kodwa kwakungelona kuphela ushintsho. Umhlaba wekhilikithi ubungamile, kanjalo ne-Asia Cup. Ngo-2016, umqhudelwano washintsha amagiya, washintshana phakathi kwe-One Day Internationals (ODI) nekhilikithi ye-T20. Isizathu? Kulula. Ukugcina amaqembu ebukhali kuNdebe Yomhlaba ye-ICC, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inguqulo ye-ODI noma i-T20.

Abanye abantu bayamelana noshintsho. Bafuna izinto zihlale njengoba zinjalo. Kodwa kukhilikithi, njengasempilweni, uma ungaguquki, usala ngemuva. I-Asia Cup ayizange ilinde kuze kube manje—yenze isiqiniseko sokuthi ihlala ingomunye wemiqhudelwano eqhudelana kakhulu, esezingeni eliphezulu kwikhilikithi yomhlaba.

I-Asia Cup 2024: Umqhudelwano Olethe Konke

I-Asia Cup 2024 yayingeyona eyokukhuluma noma ukubikezela — yayimayelana nokuthi ubani ongamelana nengcindezi uma kubalulekile. Esingethwe ePakistan, lo mqhudelwano ubone amaqembu ayisithupha ebhekana ngendlela eklanyelwe ukwehlukanisa abaqhudelana nabazenzisi.

Nansi indlela umqhudelwano owakheke ngayo:

Imininingwane Ulwazi
Izwe elisha Pakistan
Ifomethi I-ODI
Amaqembu Abambe iqhaza India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal
Uhlelo lwe-Asia Cup 30 Agasti - 17 Septemba 2024

Ifomethi yeSuper Four iqinisekise ukuthi yizinhlangothi ezingcono kakhulu kuphela ezifinyelele ezigabeni zokugcina, futhi wonke umdlalo wawuzwakala njengowokushaywa. Ayikho imidlalo elula. Asikho isikhala sokushelela.

Kowamanqamu e-Asia Cup 2024, konke kwenzeke ePakistan vs. Sri Lanka. Womabili la maqembu abekade ebhekene nobunzima, kodwa ekugcineni, iPakistan yazibamba, yanqoba isicoco sayo sesithathu se-Asia Cup. Kwakuwumdlalo wamanqamu owawunakho konke—amashifu ashubile, izimpi zamaqhinga, nesixuku esasiphila kuwo wonke amabhola. ISri Lanka yalwa kwaze kwaba sekugcineni, kodwa lapho sekubalwa, iPakistan yathola indlela.

Lolu hlelo luphinde lwafakazela ukuthi i-Asia Cup ayihlangene nedumela—imayelana nokwenyuka lapho ingcindezi isisezingeni eliphezulu.

Uhlu Lwabawine I-Asia Cup: Amaqembu Anyathela Igunya Lawo

Ukuwina indebe yase-Asia akukhona mayelana nokwenza kahle esigabeni seqembu noma ukudlula imidlalo elula—kumayelana nokusinda lapho ukushisa kuphezulu kakhulu. Umlando walo mqhudelwano uveza ukuthi amaqembu akwazile ukwenza lokho.

I-Asia Cup Champions - Ifomethi ye-ODI

I-India - izihloko ezingu-8 → Amakhosi angenakuphikiswa omncintiswano. Alikho iqembu eliphathe ukushuba kowamanqamu we-Asia Cup kangcono kune-India. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukugaya ukujaha okunzima noma ukukhipha amagalelo emidlalweni emikhulu, babeke izinga.

I-Sri Lanka – izihloko eziyisi-6 → Uma ucabanga ukuthi i-Sri Lanka ingasulwa, ubungabukisisi. Sebefunde ubuciko bokukhuphukela emcimbini, befakazela kaningi ukuthi ithalente alisho lutho ngaphandle kwesimo.

IPakistan - izihloko ezi-3 → Alikho iqembu elenza izinto ezingalindelekile njengePakistan. Uma zisefomini, azinakunqandeka. Isihloko sabo sesithathu ngo-2024 saba esinye isikhumbuzo sokuthi lapho bethola isigqi sabo, ambalwa amaqembu angafanisa isiqhumane sabo somlilo.

Ompetha beNdebe ye-Asia – Ifomethi ye-T20

I-India (2016) → Uhlelo lokuqala lwe-T20 kube olwase-India, futhi benza isiqiniseko sokuthi abashiyi ukungabaza ngokuthi ubani owayebusa ifomethi ngaleso sikhathi.

Pakistan (2022) → Badlale ikhilikithi ngendlela okufanele idlalwe ngayo—benolaka, bengesabi, futhi beqonde ngqo ephuzwini. Akukho ukucabanga ngokweqile, akukho ukuqagela okwesibili. Iqembu nje elizisekelayo ezikhathini ezinkulu futhi lilethe lapho kubalulekile. Ekugcineni, bathola ababekuzele—indebe.

I-Sri Lanka (2022) → Baqhamuke, badlalisa lokho okubizwa ngezintandokazi, futhi baqinisekisa ukuthi bahamba nempahla yesiliva. Isitatimende esifanele esivela eqenjini elaziyo ukunqoba lapho abantu bengakulindele.

Pakistan (2024) → Enye indebe esikhwameni. Isihloko sesithathu se-ODI sokukhumbuza wonke umuntu ukuthi uma leli qembu lithola indawo yalo, liyingozi njengawo wonke umuntu. Bawasebenzise amathuba, bayibamba ingcindezi, benza isiqiniseko sokuthi umlando unalo igama lawo kuwo futhi.

I-Asia Cup iyishintshe kanjani ikhilikithi yase-Asia

I-Asia Cup yenze okungaphezu kompetha besicoco—ishintshe amandla ekhilikithi yase-Asia.

I-Afghanistan ne-Bangladesh: Ukusuka Kwabangaphandle Kuya Kwabaqhudelanayo

Bheka i-Afghanistan manje. Iqembu ebelikade lifuna ukuhlonishwa selithatha phansi iziqhwaga. I-Asia Cup ibanikeze ukuchayeka ababekudinga ukuze bafakazele ukuthi bangabakhe. Ngokufanayo ne-Bangladesh—uma isisuliwe, manje iqembu elifinyelele kumafayinali amaningi futhi elingahlula noma ubani ngosuku lwalo.

Ukushuna Okuphelele Kwemicimbi Ye-ICC

Isikhathi sibalulekile. Njengoba i-Asia Cup iza ngaphambi kwemiqhudelwano ye-ICC, iyindawo yokugcina yokuhlola. Ukuhlola kwamaqembu, abadlali abancane balwela indawo yabo, futhi ngesikhathi iNdebe Yomhlaba ihamba, izinhlangothi eziqinile ziyavivinywa.

Izimbangi Ezimisa Umhlaba

I-India vs. Pakistan kowamanqamu we-Asia Cup? Yilolo hlobo lomdlalo lapho kungekho okunye okubalulekile. Izigidi ziyacula, izinkundla ziyanyakaza, futhi wonke amabhola azwakala njengomehluko phakathi kwenkazimulo nenhlekelele. Lo mqhudelwano awumkhulu nje e-Asia—uwumbukwane womhlaba wonke.

I-Asia Cup akuyona into yokufudumala, kodwa impi. Kulapho idumela lenziwa khona, futhi amaqembu afakazela ukuthi angabaphikisi noma ayazenzisa. Kulula kanjalo.

Isheduli Yendebe Yase-Asia kanye Nempi Ehlala Ishintsha Yamalungelo Okusingatha

I-Asia Cup ayikaze ibe nekhaya elilungisiwe. Ipolitiki, ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha, namaphupho amabi okusebenza kuye kwasho ukuthi lo mqhudelwano uzoba kuphi futhi nini. Uma kukhona okungaguquki, ukuthi akukho lutho oluqondile lapho unquma ukuthi ubani ozoba usokhaya.

Amanye amazwe abambelele kumalungelo awo okusingatha ngaphandle kwenkinga. Abanye? Babone imiqhudelwano ikhishwa ngaphansi kwabo ngomzuzu wokugcina. “Izwe elizosingatha” alisho okuningi ngaso sonke isikhathi kwi-Asia Cup—imidlalo ivamise ukususwa ngokusekelwe ezimeni ezingaphezu kwekhilikithi.

Lapho i-Asia Cup ibanjelwe khona

  • I-India (i-1984) – Umqhudelwano wokuqala, obeka inkundla lokho okuzoba umqhudelwano omkhulu wekhilikithi e-Asia.
  • I-Pakistan (2008) - Esinye sezikhathi ezingavamile lapho iPakistan ithola ukusingatha, nakuba ukungezwani kwezombusazwe kuvame ukuvimba umqhudelwano kude nomhlabathi wabo.
  • I-Sri Lanka (1986, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2022) - Ikhophi yasenqolobaneni noma nini lapho izinto zihlukana kwenye indawo. Uma kudingeka indawo yomzuzu wokugcina, iSri Lanka ivamise ukungena.
  • I-Bangladesh (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) - Yiba ngumgcini onokwethenjelwa, ohlinzeka ngengqalasizinda enhle nezixuku ezinothando.
  • I-United Arab Emirates (1988, 1995, 2018, 2024) – Inketho “engathathi hlangothi” lapho amaqembu enqaba ukuya emazweni awodwa. Isilungiselelo esijwayelekile kwabaningi, kodwa asifani neze nokudlala ekhaya.

I-Asia Cup izohlale inkulu kunendawo. Akukhathalekile ukuthi idlalelwa kuphi—uma uqala umqhudelwano okubalulekile wukuthi ngubani ofuna ukuphakamisa kakhulu leyo ndebe.

I-ACC Asia Cup: Amandla Azabalaza Ngemva Komqhudelwano

Ukuhlela i-Asia Cup akuwona umsebenzi olula. Akukhona nje ukubeka imidlalo nokuqoka izindawo—kumayelana nokuphatha abantu abazicabangela bona, ukungezwani kwezepolitiki, kanye nezingxabano ezingapheli phakathi kwamabhodi ekhilikithi angavamile ukubona ngaso linye. Lowo mthwalo usemahlombe e-Asian Cricket Council (ACC), inhlangano ebusayo ebilokhu izama ukuthi lo mqhudelwano ungabhidliki kusukela ngo-1983.

I-ACC ikhona ukuze ithuthukise futhi ikhuthaze ikhilikithi e-Asia, futhi ngokubonga kwayo, yenze lokho kanye. Ngaphansi kokubuka kwayo, i-Afghanistan iye yasuka ekubeni umcabango wakamuva yaba amandla angempela, futhi iNepal yenza igxathu lokuba yiqembu eliqhudelanayo. Lo mqhudelwano unikeze lezi zizwe amathuba ebezingeke ziwathole ngenye indlela.

Kodwa ungalenzi iphutha, umsebenzi omkhulu we-ACC ukusinda—ukuqinisekisa ukuthi indebe yase-Asia iyenzeka ngempela, naphezu kwezinxushunxushu eziqhubekayo ngaphandle kwenkundla. Amalungelo okusingatha ahlala eyimpi, amazwe enqaba ukuhamba, izinguquko ngomzuzu wokugcina, kanye nokushuba kwesimo sezombusazwe okunquma ukuthi imidlalo idlalwa kuphi. I-ACC Asia Cup isihambe yazulazula kangangokuba ingase ibe nohlelo lwayo lokundiza njalo.

Nokho, naphezu kwazo zonke izimpi ze-boardroom, i-Asia Cup isalokhu ingomunye wemiqhudelwano yekhilikithi eshisa izikhotha futhi ebangwa kakhulu. Umdlalo wangaphandle kwenkundla uhlala njalo, kodwa uma ikhilikithi iqala, akukho kwalokhu okubalulekile. Uma ibhola lokuqala seliphontshiwe, konke kumayelana nokuthi ubani olifuna kakhulu.

I-India kanye ne-Asia Cup: Ibutho Elinamandla Ngebhizinisi Elingaqediwe

Uma kukhulunywa nge-Asia Cup, i-India ingena ngokulindelwe, hhayi amathemba. Sebeyinqobe amahlandla ayisishiyagalombili ukudlula wonke umuntu, kanti emiqhudelwaneni eminingi bebebukeka njengeqembu elizoshaywa. Kodwa njengoba bebusa kakhulu, ukubamba kwabo iqhaza akukaze kube ngaphandle kwezinkinga—ikakhulukazi lapho iPakistan ibandakanyeka.

I-India vs. Pakistan ku-Asia Cup akuwona nje umdlalo wekhilikithi; wumcimbi omisa isikhathi. Iziteki eziphezulu, ingcindezi ephezulu, nezigidi zabalandeli ezinamathele ezikrinini zabo. Kodwa ngenxa yokushuba kwesimo sezepolitiki, le midlalo ayivamisile ukwenzeka ekhaya kunoma yiliphi iqembu. Kaningi kunalokho, izindawo ezingathathi hlangothi njenge-UAE noma i-Sri Lanka zigcina zisingatha lokho okufanele kube umdlalo osebenza ngogesi omningi kulo mqhudelwano.

Naphezu kokuphazamiseka ngaphandle kwenkundla, uma i-India idlala, bayaletha. Amagama amakhulu kukhilikithi yase-India—u-Sachin Tendulkar, u-MS Dhoni, no-Virat Kohli—bonke benze uphawu lwabo ezimpini ze-Ind Asia Cup. Ukushaya kuka-Kohli okungu-183 edlala ne-Pakistan ngo-2012 kusalokhu kungenye ye-innings elimaza kakhulu eyake yabonwa umqhudelwano.

Uma ubheka umlando womdlalo wamanqamu we-Asia Cup, igama le-India lihlala livela. Babeke izinga, futhi wonke amanye amaqembu ayazi ukuthi ukuwashaya kuyinselele enkulu. Kodwa kwikhilikithi, ukubusa akuhlali kuze kube phakade. Umbuzo uthi—i-India ingahlala isikhathi esingakanani phezulu?

I-Asia Cup: Isiteji Lapho Izinganekwane Zenziwa Khona

I-Asia Cup ayikaze ibe ngeyokuhlanganyela—imayelana nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ubani umnikazi wesiteji esikhulu kunazo zonke kukhilikithi yase-Asia. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, lo mqhudelwano ubuyisivivinyo esikhulu, uhlukanisa abaqhudelana nabazenzisi, udala izihlabani, futhi unikeze abalandeli izikhathi abangasoze bazikhohlwa.

Yilapho amaqembu akhuphuka khona, lapho imisebenzi ishintsha khona nge-inning eyodwa noma isipelingi esisodwa. I-Afghanistan yaphoqelela umhlaba ukuthi uqaphele lapha, i-Bangladesh yayeka ukuba yizinja lapha, futhi i-India, i-Pakistan, ne-Sri Lanka yakha amafa abo lapha. Ezinye izimpi ezinkulu zegeyimu zidlale ngaphansi kwesibhengezo se-Asia Cup, futhi lonke uhlobo luletha okuthile okusha.

Manje, wonke amehlo aphendukela ku-Asia Cup 2025. Izimbangi ezintsha zizoqhuma, amagqubu amadala azophinde avuke, futhi ingcindezi izochoboza labo abangakalungeli. Umdlalo ngeke wehlise ijubane kunoma ubani. Okuwukuphela kwento ebalulekile? Ubani ophethe ukushisa uma kubaluleke kakhulu.

imibuzo ejwayelekile ukubuzwa

1. Ubani osewine izicoco eziningi ze-Asia Cup?

I-India izihola phambili ngezicoco eziyisishiyagalombili. Yibona yibona abahamba phambili emlandweni walo mqhudelwano, okufakazela kaningi ukuthi uma kunengcindezi bayakwazi ukuqeda umsebenzi.

2. Yadlalwa kuphi i-Asia Cup 2024?

Lokhu kwaba isiphithiphithi ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale. IPakistan yayinamalungelo asemthethweni okusingatha, kodwa ezombangazwe zahileleka—futhi. Ukuvumelana? Imodeli eyingxube, eminye imidlalo edlalwa ePakistan neminye eSri Lanka. Esinye isibonelo sedrama yangaphandle kwenkundla edlala inkundla yekhilikithi yase-Asia.

3. Yayinjani ifomethi ye-Asia Cup 2024?

Bekuwumqhudelwano we-ODI, osebenza njengohlelo oluhle kakhulu lwe-2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Wonke amaqembu abe neso elilodwa ekuphakamiseni indebe kanye nelinye ekuhleleni kahle izikwati zawo zomcimbi womhlaba wonke ozayo.

4. Ubani oshaye ama-runs amaningi emlandweni we-Asia Cup?

Lokho kuhlonishwa ngekaSanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), ohlanganise ama-run angu-1,220. Wayengaguquguquki nje—wayebhubhisa. Ikhono lakhe lokususa imidlalo eqenjini eliphikisayo limenze waba ngomunye wabashayi abesatshwa kakhulu emlandweni we-Asia Cup.

5. Wadlalwa nini owamanqamu we-Asia Cup 2024?

Umqhudelwano omkhulu wenzeke ngoSepthemba 2024. Esinye isahluko kukhilikithi yeNdebe ye-Asia, enye impi lapho kwasinda khona abanamandla kuphela.

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