Asia Cup 2022: All Squads, Fixtures, Groups, Schedule, Participants, Venues, and other details

The 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket is scheduled to be the tournament, with the matches being played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) during August and September 2022 in the United Arab Emirates.

On 21 July 2022, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) informed the Asia Cricket Council (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 host. The fixtures for the tournament were announced on 2 August 2022.

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PARTICIPANTS

A total of 6 teams will be participating in the Asia Cup 2022 contest. Out of the six, five ICC full-member nations got the direct ticket for the upcoming Asia Cup season, which includes India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

One more team was about to join the above five teams after the Qualification round of the Asia Cup which was held just a week before the start of the main tournament. The qualifier was played between four nations United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The table topper Hong Kong has been advanced to the Asia Cup 2022 tournament and will be part of Group A along with India and Pakistan.

VENUES

As per the reports the whole tournament will be played in the 2 venues mentioned below:

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

GROUPS & SQUADS

Group A

India Squad: 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 Squad: 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, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain.

Hong Kong Squad: Nizakat Khan (c), Kinchit Shah, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Babar Hayat, Aftab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Ghazanfar Mohammad, Yasim Murtaza, Dhananjay Rao, Wajid Shah, Ayush Shukla, Ahan Trivedi, Mohammad Waheed.

Group B

Sri Lanka Squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwanidu Fernando, Nuwan Thusara, Dinesh Chandimal.

Afghanistan Squad: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari. Standby: Nijat Masood, Qais Ahmed, Sharafuddin Ashraf.

Bangladesh Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mohammad Naim.

Super 4

The top 2 teams from each group will be part of Super 4.

A1, A2, B1, B2

Finals

The final will be played between the top 2 finishers of the Super 4 stage.

FIXTURES

Asia Cup 2022: Fixtures
Asia Cup 2022: Fixtures
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