Asia Cup 2022
Established in 1983, the Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup is a men’s One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament founded by the Asian Cricket Council as a measure to promote goodwill between the Asian countries.
Originally scheduled to be held every two years, the first edition of Asia cup was played in Sharjah, UAE in 1984 between 3 countries – India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. In 2022, The 15th edition of Asia Cup 2022 will be played between 6 countries in United Arab Emirates.
India made its debut in the first edition back in 1984 and have been dominating the tournament ever since. Winning 7 titles out of 14, followed by Sri Lanka with 5 and Pakistan with 2 titles out of the 14 tournaments played till date.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Asia Cup was first postponed to 2021 with Sri Lanka set to host the event but was later pushed back to 2023 owing to the packed international schedule and the rising COVID cases in Sri Lanka.
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Asia Cup 2022 Schedule
The 15th edition of the Asia Cup 2022 has been scheduled from 27th August 2022 to 11th September, 2022. After 2 years of a long wait finally, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the Asia Cup 2022 cricket schedule.
While the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) still hosts the tournament, with the current situation in Sri Lanka, the Asian Cricket Council shifted the Asia Cup 2022 to UAE. This will be the second time in the last five years that UAE will host the Asia Cup. As such, the Asia Cup teams are ready to battle for yet another glorious title coming next week.
The official Asia Cup 2022 schedule is out. The tournament begins on August 27 while the qualifier rounds kicked off on August 20th. The final of the Asia Cup 2022 will be played on September 11th.
The official Asia Cup 2022 schedule is expected to be out in the coming days. The tournament is expected to begin on August 27 while the qualifier round might start on August 24. The final of the Asia Cup 2022 will be played on September 11.
Asia Cup 2022 will be played in the Twenty20 format. 4 teams will qualify for the super 4. The top 2 teams in the point table will play in the Asia cup 2022 final to win the Asia Cup 2022 cricket cup title. A total of 13 games shall take place among the 6 Asia Cup teams during the tournament.
| Date | Match Details | Venue | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2022 | Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st Match, Group B | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| 28 August 2022 | India vs Pakistan, 2nd Match, Group A | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| 30 August 2022 | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, Group B | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 PM |
| 31 August 2022 | India vs TBC, 4th Match, Group A | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| 01 September 2022 | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 5th Match, Group B | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| 02 September 2022 | Pakistan vs TBC, 6th Match, Group A | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 07:30 PM |
| 03 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 1 (B1 v B2) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 07:30 PM |
| 04 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 2 (A1 v A2) | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 07:30 PM |
| 06 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 3 (A1 v B1) | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 07:30 PM |
| 07 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 4 (A2 v B2) | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 07:30 PM |
| 08 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 5 (A1 v B2) | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 07:30 PM |
| 09 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 6 (B1 v A2) | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 07:30 PM |
| 11 September 2022 | TBC vs TBC, Final | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 07:30 PM |
Asia Cup 2022 Teams & Squads
A total of 6 teams will be part of Asia Cup 2022. The 5 confirmed teams are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. One more team will be finalized after the qualifier round.
The qualifier round will see a battle between 4 teams - UAE, Kuwait, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The top-performing team will get to play in the tournament. The qualifier round will take place just ahead of the 2022 Asia Cup.
| No | Team Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | India |
| 2 | Pakistan |
| 3 | Sri Lanka |
| 4 | Afghanistan |
| 5 | Bangladesh |
| 6 | Hong Kong/Kuwait/Singapore/UAE |
The official schedule has been released for Asia Cup 2022 by the Asian Cricket council. Here are all the squad details for this season.
Indian Team Squad
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.
Pakistan Team Squad
Babar Azam (C), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain.
Sri Lanka Team Squad
Pathum Nissanka, Nuwanidu Fernando, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (C), Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dinesh Chandimal, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dushmantha Chameera, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Pramod Madushan
Bangladesh Team Squad
Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Taskin Ahmed
Afghanistan Team Squad
Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi (C), Afsar Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Rashid Khan
Asia Cup 2022 Venue
The Asia Cup 2022 is scheduled to be played in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament shall be hosted officially by Sri Lanka, however, due to the ongoing turmoil in the country, matches will be played in the stadiums of UAE. The following are the venues for the tournament.
| Venue / Cricket Stadium | Capacity | City |
|---|---|---|
| Dubai International Stadium | 25,000 | Dubai |
| Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium | 20,000 | Abu Dhabi |
| Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium | 16,000 | Sharjah |
Asia Cup FAQs
India made the debut in the Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup in 1984 and has, since then, won the Asia Cup title 7 times.
A total of 9 teams will participate and 6 will qualify for the Asia Cup 2022 Tournament. The first match begins on 27th August, 2022. The final schedule hasn’t been out yet.
India were the defending champions and retained the title after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final in 2018 Asia Cup.
Initially, Sri Lanka was schedule to host the event, but due to the current situation in the country it was decided by the Asian Cricket Council that United Arab Emirates will host the Asia Cup 2022.
You can catch all the live scores and stats for the Asia Cup 2022 on BalleBaazi.com. Stay tuned for all the latest, ball by ball updates, stats and complete schedule.
Asia Cup 2022 will be broadcast live in India and the subcontinent (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, and Bhutan) on the Disney Hotstar digital platform (Website, App).
7 out of the 14 Tournaments were won by India, making it the team who has won the most Asia Cup titles. India clinched its last victory in 2018 against Bangladesh.