Asia Cup 2022: India Squad, Match List And Everything Else You Need To Know
Asia Cup 2022 is set to occur next month in August. The tournament will start on August 27 and the final will happen on September 11. With a variety of top teams gathered, people are excited to watch the climax.
The Asia Cup will be in the T20I format. 6 teams will compete in 2022. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and one more team will compete.
The Asia Cup is an international men’s football tournament in East Asia. The Asia Cup is scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka, but due to political unrest, the Asia Cup has been cancelled and will take place in United Arab Emirates.
India is the defending champions of the Asia Cup; India won in 2018. They also have won seven of the fourteen Asia Cup titles, whereas Sri Lanka has won five and Pakistan has won two.
Schedule:
The schedule for the 2022 Asian Cup is not yet announced but will be declared soon. The schedule of the tournament is expected to be out in the coming days, on ante day. The tournament begins on August 27 with 16 games, and the qualifier round might start on August 24. There are a total of 13 games anticipated to occur among 6 participating countries during the tournament.
Teams:
Parts of Asia will be involved in the Asian Cup 2022, with 6 countries confirmed to be included. The 5 best-qualified teams so far are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Libya and Palestine have qualified for this tournament as well.
4 teams will compete in the qualifier round with an opportunity to advance to the Asia Cup tournament. The first one that advances would be from UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Squads:
No team has announced their Asia Cup 2022 squad yet. All the teams are waiting for the announcement of the schedule for the tournament before they can nominate their squads. Once a schedule is out, all teams will then be expected to announce their final squads for participation in the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 tournament.
Sri Lanka will host the 2018 Asia Cup. Previously, the tournament was scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka, but due to ongoing political and economical unrest in the nation, SLC decided to change the venue.
Eventually, it was decided that the tournament would take place in UAE. Because of that decision all the matches will be played in three stadiums, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Cricket Stadium and Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium.
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