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Asia Cup 2022 Schedule, Squad, Team List, Formats, Venue, Date and Time, Live Telecast Details And More

Asia Cup 2022 is a forthcoming cricket tournament. It will entertain fans from all over the world and will be forecast live on TV channels and streaming sites. The tournament will begin on August 27 and will conclude on September 11. 6 teams will be part of the Asia Cup 2022.

India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are the 5 confirmed teams that will be taking part in the cup. One more cricket team from Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore, and UAE will capture the 6th spot.

A qualifier round will be taking place and the winner take the spot of the 6th team. Asia Cup will take place in the UAE. It will be hosted by Sri Lanka. India is the defending champions of the tournament. They won the title back in 2018 by defeating Bangladesh in the final.

Asia Cup 2022 Schedule

Date Match Details Venue Time (IST)
Aug 27 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st Match, Group B Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Aug 28 India vs Pakistan, 2nd Match, Group A Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Aug 30 Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, Group B Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 7:30 PM
Aug 31 India vs TBC, 4th Match, Group A Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 1 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 5th Match, Group B Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 2 Pakistan vs TBC, 6th Match, Group A Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 7:30 PM
Sep 3 TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 1 (B1 v B2) Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 7:30 PM
Sep 4 TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 2 (A1 v A2) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 6 TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 3 (A1 v B1) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 7 TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 4 (A2 v B2) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 8 TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 5 (A1 v B2) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 9 TBC vs TBC, Super Four, Match 6 (B1 v A2) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM
Sep 11 TBC vs TBC, Final Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 7:30 PM

 

6 Teams To Participate In The Asia Cup

A total of 6 teams will participate in Asia Cup 2022. The teams who will be a part of the cup include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. One more team will be qualifying for the tournament after the qualifier round. In the qualifier round, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore, and UAE are the 4 teams that will be battling against each other.

There are two groups in Asia Cup 2022. In group 1, the teams include India, Pakistan, and the qualifier team. In group B, teams Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan will play against each other.

During the group stage, each team will be playing one match against the teams in their group. The top 2 teams from both groups will play the super four round. During the super 4 round, each of the teams will be playing one match against each other. The top two teams will battle it out in the final.

Asia Cup 2022 Squads

Only India and Pakistan have announced their squads for Asia Cup 2022. India has announced Rohit Sharma as their skipper while Pakistan has announced Babar Azam as their captain.

India

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

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.

Afghanistan

Squad yet to be named

Bangladesh

Squad yet to be named

Sri Lanka

Squad yet to be named

Asia Cup 2022 Venues

The venue for the Asia Cup in UAE. However, Sri Lanka will be hosting the tournament. Sri Lanka was expected to host the tournament in their home country. Due to the ongoing political turmoil inside the nation, the venue of the tournament has been shifted to UAE.

The stadiums like Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and Sharjah Cricket Stadium are the three grounds that will be hosting the games.

Asia Cup 2022 Live Telecast and Live Streaming Details

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecast live all over the world. Three different broadcasters will telecast and stream the matches.

  • In India

Star Sports Network is the official broadcaster of the tournament in India. Disney+ Hotstar will present the live streaming.

  • In Pakistan

PTV and Ten Sports are the official broadcasters of the tournament in Pakistan.

  • In Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, Gazi TV will telecast all the matches of the tournament.

  • In Afghanistan

Ariana TV will present the live streaming of the tournament in Afghanistan.

  • In Australia

Fox Sports will present the live action of the tournament in Australia.

  • In New Zealand

Sky Sports will present the live action of the tournament in New Zealand.

  • In South Africa

In South Africa, the SuperSport network will present the live-action of the tournament.

  • In the USA

Willow TV will present the live action of the tournament in the USA.

  • In the UK

In the UK, Sky Sports will present the live streaming of the tournament.

  • In the Middle East

In Middle Eastern regions like UAE, OSN Sports Cricket will present the live telecast of the matches.

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