Asia Cup
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Asia Cup is the only continental cricket championship in the world, established by the Asian Cricket Council in 1983. Its primary purpose was to promote goodwill between Asian countries. And it is played on a rotational basis between One Day International and T20I format.
The Asia Cup 2022 Cricket was held from August 27 to September 11. A total of six teams fought for the cup in this tournament.
The Asia Cup T20 has been named Asia Cup India 13 times. And Indian fans are quite hopeful for India’s win this time as well. Let’s see what happens.
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History Of Asia Cup Cricket
The Asia Cup cricket tournament was founded by the Asian Cricket Council back in 1983. At that time, only three teams were part of this Asia Cup cricket game. India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. And it was decided by the Asia Cup cricket council that each Asia Cup match will be given the official status of ODI. The very first match of the tournament was played in UAE.
While in 2016, the ICC announced that from this tournament onwards, the Asia Cup cricket would be played on a rotation basis between ODI and Twenty20 International.
Asia Cup Squads
| India | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar (c) | Duleep Mendis (c) | Zaheer Abbas (c) |
| Surinder Khanna (wk) | Brendon Kuruppu (wk) | Mohsin Khan |
| Ghulam Parkar | Sidath Wettimuny | Saadat Ali |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | Roy Dias | Mudassar Nazar |
| Sandeep Patil | Ranjan Madugalle | Javed Miandad |
| Ravi Shastri | Arjuna Ranatunga | Saleem Malik |
| Kirti Azad | Aravinda de Silva | Abdul Qadir |
| Roger Binny | Uvais Karnain | Shahid Mahboob |
| Madan Lal | Ravi Ratnayeke | Sarfraz Nawaz |
| Manoj Prabhakar | Somachandra De Silva | Anil Dalpat (wk) |
| Chetan Sharma | Vinothen John | Rashid Khan |
| - | - | Qasim Umar |
| - | - | Azeem Hafeez |
The First Matches Of Asia Cup
The very first tournament of the Asia Cup cricket was held in the United Arab Emirates. And India won this inaugural season of the tournament, naming the Asia Cup as Asia Cup India. Then, the Asian Cricket council arranged the next tournament of 1986, with Sri Lanka being the host. And interestingly, the Asia Cup T20 1986 was even won by Sri Lanka.
And in the next tournament, the Asian Cricket council decided to include a fourth team as well. Bangladesh participated in the Asia Cup that year and hosted its first tournament the following year.
The exact Asia Cup date for the 2022 tournament will be announced soon.
Asia Cup Teams
| Team \ Host | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | DNQ | — | — | 4th | DNQ | 4th | Q |
| Bangladesh | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | Q |
| Hong Kong | GP | — | — | — | DNQ | GP | TBD |
| India | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | Q |
| Kuwait | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBD |
| Nepal | DNQ | — | — | — | — | DNQ | DNQ |
| Oman | DNQ | — | — | — | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Pakistan | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | Q |
| Singapore | DNQ | — | — | — | — | DNQ | TBD |
| Sri Lanka | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 4th | GP | Q |
| United Arab Emirates | GP | — | — | — | 5th | DNQ | TBD |
Asia Cup Venues
| Year | Format | Host Nation | Final Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | ODI | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah CA Stadium |
| 1986 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| 1988 | ODI | Bangladesh | Bangabandhu National Stadium |
| 1990/91 | ODI | India | Eden Gardens |
| 1995 | ODI | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah CA Stadium |
| 1997 | ODI | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| 2000 | ODI | Bangladesh | Bangabandhu National Stadium |
| 2004 | ODI | Sri Lanka | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| 2008 | ODI | Pakistan | National Stadium |
| 2010 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
| 2012 | ODI | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium |
| 2014 | ODI | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium |
| 2016 | T20I | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium |
| 2018 | ODI | United Arab Emirates | Dubai International Cricket Stadium |