Asia Cup 2023: Fans will not have to wait much longer for the Asia Cup 2023. The tournament is going to start on Wednesday (August 30). The first match will be played between Pakistan and Nepal in Multan. There will be 6 teams in the tournament, which will be divided into 2 groups.
All 6 teams have been announced regarding the Asia Cup. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will participate in the tournament. Afghanistan announced the team at the end (on August 27) regarding the tournament.
A total of 13 matches, including the final, will be held in 19 days.
The Asia Cup will begin on August 30 and will be played till September 17. Under this, there will be a total of 13 matches including the final. The tournament will be played on the basis of hybrid model in ODI format this time. Out of these, 4 matches will be held in Pakistan and 9 matches including the rest final will be in Sri Lanka.
Both groups in the Asia Cup are as follows
Group-A: India, Pakistan and Nepal.
Group-B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan
Team India’s dominance in the Asia Cup
There have been 15 seasons of Asia Cup in the history so far, in which the Indian team has won the title 7 times (1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018). While Sri Lanka is at number two, which is 6 times (1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014), Pakistan has won the title only twice (2000, 2012).
All the teams announced for the Asia Cup
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Prasidh Krishna.
Travelling Reserve: Sanju Samson
Pakistan squad: Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Saud Shakeel (only for Afghanistan series), Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Mohammad Nawaz, Usma Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr. Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Liton Das, Tanzid Tamim, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmood, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Shorful Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Mohammad Nayeem.
Standby players: Taijul Islam, Saif Hasan and Tanzeem Hasan Saqib.
Sri Lankan team ( captain ( captain ) , Pathum Nisanka , Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Zenith Perera (wicketkeeper), Kusal Zenith Perera (wicketkeeper), Kusal Mendis, Charith Aslanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasranga, Dunith Velalez, Mahesh Thikshana, Lahiru Kumara, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka.
Afghanistan squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hasan, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Ikram Akhli, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nahi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmed, Adbul Rahman, Mohammad Salim.
Nepal squad: Rohit Poudel (captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Lalit Rajbanshi, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Deependra Singh Airi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Arif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Kishore Mahto, Sandeep Jora, Arjun Saud, Shyam Dhakal.
Asia Cup Schedule:
August 30: Pakistan vs Nepal – Multan
August 31: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – Kandy
September 2: India vs Pakistan – Kandy
September 3: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – Lahore
September 4: India vs Nepal – Kandy
September 5: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan – Lahore
Schedule of Super-4 stage
September 6: A1 vs B2 – Lahore
September 9: B1 vs B2 – Colombo (Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh)
September 10: A1 vs A2 – Colombo (India vs Pakistan)
September 12: A2 vs B1 – Colombo
September 14: A1 vs B1 – Colombo
September 15: A2 vs B2 – Colombo
September 17: Final – Colombo
