Dubai – The just-concluded Asia Cup was deeply saturated with off-field drama. But even amidst the bedlam, there were sparks of brilliance, emergence of new stars and tears of failure.

From a team perspective, India remained unconquered in seven matches, though Sri Lanka stretched them to the Super Over in an inconsequential Super 4s match and the final against Pakistan went into the final over of the tournament.

Pakistan won their matches except the three fixtures against tIndia, but defending champions Sri Lanka disappointed with losses against Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Afghanistan promised a lot but delivered little as they failed to make it to the Super 4s.

Here PTI does the number-crunching as an intriguing, emotionally-draining tournament comes to a close.

* This was India’s 9th

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