Asia Cup 2022: Everything you need to know about the tournament

The Asia Cup 2022 Will commence on 27th August and continue till September 11. India has its match against Pakistan on August 28 and the fans are already excited to see the arch-rivals play. A total of six teams will feature in the tournament.

Format

Group A consists of India and Pakistan and a Qualifier is yet to join whereas Group B consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Four. The top two teams from here will make it to the ACC event.

Where to watch Asia Cup?

Asia cup will be live telecasted on Star Sports and it can be watched online on Disney+ Hotstar.

Venues

The main two venues are Dubai International Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Three matches will be played in Sharjah whereas the rest of the games will be played in the Dubai stadium. Dubai International Stadium is high scoring whereas Sharjah will provide an advantage to the spinners.

Schedule

The India- Pakistan match is the most anticipated one that will take place on August 28 at 7:30 PM IST at Dubai International stadium.

Squads for Asia Cup

India’s Squad

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvenndra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi

Standby players: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Axar Patel

Pakistan’s Squad

Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir

Bangladesh’s Squad

Shakib Al Hasan (c), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed

Afghanistan’s Squad

Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.

Standby players: Nijat Masood, Qais Ahmed, Sharafuddin Ashraf.

Sri Lanka’s squad is yet to be announced.

Qualifiers Squad for Asia Cup

Hong Kong’s squad

Nizakat Khan (c), Kinchit Shah, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Babar Hayat, Aftab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Scott McKechnie, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Yasim Murtaza, Dhananjay Rao, Wajid Shah, Ayush Shukla, Ahan Trivedi, Mohammad Waheed

Kuwait’s squad

Mohammed Aslam (c), Nawaf Ahmed, Mohammad Amin, Meet Bhavsar, Adnan Idrees, Muhammad Kashif, Shiraz Khan, Sayed Monib, Usman Patel, Yasin Patel, Shahrukh Quddus, Ravija Sandaruwan, Mohamed Shafeeq, Haroon Shahid, Edson Silva, Bilal Tahir, Ali Zaheer

UAE’s squad

Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Sultan Ahmed, Sabir Ali, Vriitya Aravind, Kashif Daud, Zawar Farid, Basil Hameed, Zahoor Khan, Aryan Lakra, Karthik Meiyappan, Rohan Mustafa, Fahad Nawaz, Ahmed Raza, Alishan Sharafu, Junaid Siddique, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem

Singapore’s squad is yet to be announced.

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