The 15th edition of Asia Cup Cricket tournament is set to play.
As 6 teams are complete to battle for 2022 Asia Cup in United Arab Emirates.
It will played as T20 International during August and September 2022.
Originally, scheduled to be held in September 2020, the tournament was postponed in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
It was then rescheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in June 2021, before being postponed to again.
Pakistan were scheduled to host the tournament after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition
However, in October 2021, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that Sri Lanka would host the tournament in 2022,with Pakistan hosting the 2023 edition.
On 21 July 2022, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) informed the ACC that they would not be in a position to host the tournament due to the economic and political crisis in the country
On 27 July 2022, the ACC confirmed that the tournament would be played in the United Arab Emirates, with Sri Lanka Cricket serving as the tournament's hosts.
The fixtures for the tournament was announced on 2 August 2022.
Let us know the Squads who plays for the 2022 Asia Cup!
Afghanistan Men's National Team
Mohammad Nabi - Team Captain
Najibullah Zadran
Fareed Ahmad
Noor Ahmad
Usman Ghani
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Karim Janat
Rashid Khan
Azmatullah Omarzai
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Samiullah Shinwari
Naveen-ul-Haq
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Ibrahim Zadran
Afsar Zazai
Hazratullah Zazai
Qais Ahmad - Reserve
Sharafuddin Ashraf - Reserve
Nijat Masood - Reserve
Afghanistan named Qais Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Nijat Masood as reserve players.
Bangladesh Men's National Cricket Team
Shakib Al Hasan - Team Captain
Nasum Ahmed
Taskin Ahmed
Parvez Hossain Emon
Anamul Haque
Mahedi Hasan
Mehidy Hasan
Nurul Hasan - Ruled Out
Afif Hossain
Ebadot Hossain
Mosaddek Hossain
Hasan Mahmud - Ruled Out
Mahmudullah
Mohammad Naim
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mustafizur Rahman
Sabbir Rahman
Mohammad Saifuddin
Mrittunjoy Chowdhury - Standby Player
Ripon Mondol - Standby Player
Soumya Sarkar - Standby Player
Bangladesh also named Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Ripon Mondol and Soumya Sarkar as standby players while , Nurul Hasan and Hasan Mahmud were ruled out due to injuries and Mohammad Naim was included in the Bangladesh's squad.
Hong Kong National Cricket Team
Nizakat Khan - Team Captain
Kinchit Shah
Zeeshan Ali
Haroon Arshad
Mohammad Ghazanfar
Babar Hayat
Aftab Hussain
Ateeq Iqbal
Aizaz Khan
Ehsan Khan
Scott McKechnie
Yasim Murtaza
Dhananjay Rao
Wajid Shah
Ayush Shukla
Ahan Trivedi
Mohammad Waheed
India Men's National Cricket Team
Rohit Sharma - Team Captain
KL Rahul
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravi Bishnoi
Yuzvendra Chahal
Deepak Hooda
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Avesh Khan
Virat Kohli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant
Arshdeep Singh
Suryakumar Yadav
Deepak Chahar - Standby Player
Shreyas Iyer - Standby Player
Axar Pate - Standby Player
India also named Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel as standby players.
Pakistan National Cricket Team
Babar Azam - Team Captain
Shadab Khan
Shaheen Afridi - Ruled Out
Iftikhar Ahmed
Asif Ali
Haider Ali
Shahnawaz Dahani
Mohammad Hasnain- Replacement
Mohammad Nawaz
Usman Qadir
Haris Rauf
Mohammad Rizwan
Khushdil Shah
Naseem Shah
Mohammad Wasim
Fakhar Zaman
Pakistan bowler Shaheen Afridi was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Mohammad Hasnain
Sri Lanka National Men's Cricket Team
Dasun Shanaka - Team Captain
Charith Asalanka
Ashen Bandara
Dushmantha Chameera
Dinesh Chandimal
Dhananjaya de Silva
Asitha Fernando - Replacement
Binura Fernando - Ruled Out
Nuwanidu Fernando
Danushka Gunathilaka
Wanindu Hasaranga
Praveen Jayawickrama
Chamika Karunaratne
Pramod Madushan - Replacement
Dilshan Madushanka
Kusal Mendis
Pathum Nissanka
Matheesha Pathirana
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Kasun Rajitha- Ruled Out
Maheesh Theekshana
Nuwan Thushara
Binura Fernando and Kasun Rajitha were ruled out due to injury shortly after being named into the squad and were replaced by Asitha Fernando and Pramod Madushan respectively.
Match Schedule and Fixture:
The 2022 Asia Cup Matches will played as T20 International on August and September 2022.
Matches will be played as a group matches , where India , Pakistan and Hongkong will play on Group A . While , Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be on Group B.
For Group A matches , India and Pakistan will be on The fixtures for the tournament was announced on the 1st match , it will be held on August 28, 2022.
The 2nd match for Group A will be a battle between India and Hongkong and it will be held on August 31, 2022.
The 3rd and last match in Group will be on Pakistan against Hongkong and it will be held on September 2, 2022.
On the other hand, Group B also play 3 matches.
The 1st match is a battle between Afghanistan against Sri Lanka that will be held on August 27, 2022.
The 2nd match will be a battled between Afghanistan and Bangladesh that will be held on August 30, 2022.
The last match for Group B will be battle between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and it will be held on September 1, 2022.
The top 2 in the Group stage will advance to play the Super 4 that will be play on September 3- 9 2022.
And the top 2 teams who will win the Super 4 match will advance to play for the finals on September 11, 2022 and battle to win the 2022 Asia Cup Title.
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