After struggling patiently, the schedule of Asia Cup 2022 is finally announced.
This news has made fans overjoyed and the players to work harder in their nets aiming to bring the ultimate title to their homes.
Asia cup is the forthcoming international cricket tournament which will certainly entertain the fans around the world.
Learn more to get the details of Asia cup 2022 and get informed about the teams who will be playing for the tournament, dates, venue, time and the selected players list.
ASIA CUP 2022: OVERALL DETAILS
The tournament of legends, Asia cup 2022 begins on 27 August 2022, and will continue till 11 September 2022.
There will be 6 teams who will fight against each other in the Asia cup. And these teams are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
But the last team who will be performing at the tournament isn’t fixed yet.
Teams including UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and Hong Kong will loc their horns on to capture the final or 6th spot.
For that reason a qualifier match will be played and the winner will grab the final spot.
There will be 2 groups playing in this tournament which are divided into group A and Group B respectively.
The group A holds the ultimate cricket rivals as well as the top most defending champions like India, Pakistan and the qualifier team.
And the group B hold powerful teams including Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who are known to give perfect, nail-biting matches.
So, you better not plan to watch an easy, calm or one sided match at all.
The tournament will be hosted by Sri Lanka in UAE.
However, the tournament was scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka but the political unrest out there has resulted in an unplanned destination which is UAE.
There will be matches played in total.
Besides, India bags the most number of Asia Cups with the number of 7.
Sri Lanka then finishes second place having the most trophies with the 5 titles. And Pakistan bags 2 Asia cup titles respectively.
ASIA CUP 2022 SCHEDULE
| DATE | MATCH DETAILS | ASIA CUP 2022 VENUE | TIME | GROUP |
| Aug 27 | Sri Lanka VS Afghanistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | B |
| Aug 28 | India VS Pakistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | A |
| Aug 30 | Bangladesh VS Afghanistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 PM | B |
| Aug 31 | India VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | A |
| Sep 1 | Sri Lanka VS Bangladesh | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | B |
| Sep 2 | Pakistan VS TBC | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 PM | A |
| Sep 3 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | |
| Sep 4 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | |
| Sep 6 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | |
| Sep 7 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | |
| Sep 8 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | |
| Sep 9 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM | |
| Sep 11 | TBC VS TBC | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 PM |
ASIA CUP 2022 PLAYERS LIST
So far, there are only 2 teams who have selected their squad for the tournament.
These teams are India and Pakistan.
INDIA TEAM FOR ASIA CUP
These are the Indian cricketers who are selected for the tournament.
Team India
- Rohit Sharma(C)
- Virat Kohli
- KL Rahul
- Surya Kumar Yadav
- Rishabh Pant
- Deepak Hooda
- Dinesh Kartik
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- R. Ashwin
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Arshdeep Singh
- Avesh Khan
- STANDBY PLAYERS
- Shreyas Iyer
- Axar Patel
- Deepak Chahar
PAKISTAN TEAM FOR ASIA CUP
These are the players selected for Pakistan’s super squad to bring the Cup back to their home.
- Babar Azam(C)
- Shabad Khan
- Asif Ali
- Fakhar Zaman
- Haidar Ali
- Haris Rauf
- Iftikhar Ahmad
- Khushdil Khan
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Mohammad Shah
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Shahnawaz Dahani
- Usman Qadir
THE LIVE TELECAST AND LIVE STREAMING DETAILS
The Asia cup 2022 will telecast all over the world aiming to entertain cricket lovers from every corner by the help of broadcasts.
IN INDIA
India will telecast Asia Cup through official broadcasters including star sports and Disney+ Hotstar
IN PAKISTAN
PTV an Ten sports are the channels though the Pakistanis will enjoy watching Asia cup this year
IN AFGHANISTAN
Ariana TV will show the live matches of this huge tournament in Afghanistan.
IN BANGLADESH
Gazi TV will present the live streaming matches of this tournament
IN NEW ZEALAND
In New Zealand, Sky sports will broadcast this live tournament.
IN AUSTRALIA
Through Fox sports the people of Australia can enjoy watching this tournament.
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Sky sports is the official broadcaster of the Asia cup in the United States.
IN USA
Willow TV will present the live streaming of the Asia cup.
IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Super sport network is the official broadcaster of the Asia Cup.
IN THE MIDDLE EAST
OSN sport cricket will present the Asia cup 2022 out there.
IN CONCLUSION
This year’s Asia cup is tough and will of course be entertaining.
All the teams are well prepared through the year.
It will not be easy to predict any of the matches at all.
So, be ready to bite your nails until they bleed (Ouch!) while enjoying The Ultimate Asia Cup 2022.
Wishing all these teams luck. 😉
