Asia Cup 2022
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Asia Cup 2022, which was first scheduled in 2020, will start in August 2022. This Asia contest will be the 15th edition of the tournament. UAE will be hosting this season with a T20I format.
The yet-announced cup 2022 date is 27 August, and then onwards. And the season will last till September 2022. This competition was originally scheduled to be held in September 2020. However, the tournament was postponed for an indefinite period due to the Covid-19 situation.
Below we’ve briefly documented about the Asia Cup Cricket 2022 format, its teams, and all.
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Format Details
This contest will be held in T20 format. It is only the second time this championship is played on the 20 overs format. India is the defending champion. While UAE is the host country for the tournament.
The competition will also be necessary for the teams participating in the next T20 World Cup, which is supposed to begin on the 22nd of October.
Predicted Teams and Participating Countries
So there will be a total of six teams participating in the Asia Cup 2022 cricket. Five of them are the automatic qualifiers for the cup participants, namely:
- Pakistan
- India
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
- Afghanistan
While the sixth team is yet to be decided, it can be anyone between Kuwait, UAE, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Four of them have to compete in the Asia Cup qualifiers to qualify for the event.
Squads (Predicted)
India squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar.
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Shoaib Malik, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Usman Qadir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Fakhar Zaman.
Sri Lanka squad
Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Praveen Jayawickrama, Avishka Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Mahesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwan Thushara, Ramesh Mendis.
Bangladesh squad
Mahmudullah (c), Yasir Ali, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Mossadek Hossain, Munim Shahriar, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafiur Rahman, Afif Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Nurul Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Anamul Haque, Afif Hossein.
Afghanistan squad
Mohammad Nabi (c), Afsar Zazai, Darwish Rasooli, Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Usman Ghani, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Now here’s the predicted Asia Cup date and timetable.
Schedule 2022
Well, the official Asia Cup timetable for 2022 is yet to be announced. And the Asian Cricket Council has only revealed that the event will start in mid-August and last till September. Its predicted date to start is, however, the 20th of August, 2022. India is the defending champion from the last Asia Cup.
Also, the Asia Cup 2022 date and timetable will be scheduled in such a way that the teams will have enough time before they participate in the T20 World Cup.
Venues
As you know, the Asia Cup 2022 will be held in UAE. Therefore, grounds like Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Cricket Stadium are going to be the Asia Cup 2022 venues. These are definitely good scoring grounds with a nip for spin.