Pakistan looks like the most favored team to win the Asia Cup at this point. India needs to deal with issues in the middle order, although other departments are looking good. Sri Lanka is a distant third, while Bangladesh is nowhere in the picture. But remember that last year, Pakistan lost the final to Sri Lanka despite performing well up to that point. They are an unpredictable team and it is very difficult to make odds on their behalf. But if they manage to win the Asia Cup, then it will be a huge morale booster for them ahead of the ODI World Cup.
Pakistan's top-order batsmen are definitely performing better than India's top-order batsmen, especially India's Shubman Gill, who had a poor performance in the T20I tour of the West Indies, is not performing well in the Asia Cup this time either. On the other hand, Pakistan's Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are performing brilliantly and are definitely contributing enough to take Pakistan to a better position. Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten 63 and Imam-ul-Haq scored 78 in yesterday's match. Pakistan's top 6 batsmen have the ability to control the team anytime Pakistan is in trouble. Pakistan is therefore a balanced favorite in this year's Asia Cup over India.