Two days are left for the start of Asia Cup 2023. The Asia Cup, hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will begin on September 30. The final match of the 19-day tournament will be played on 17 September. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are participating in the tournament. Before the start of the tournament, we give you all the information of the tournament.
Asia Cup 2023 will be played in ODI (50 overs) format. The 6 teams are divided into two groups. Group A has Nepal, India and Pakistan. Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have got place in Group B. The teams in the group will play against each other. After this, the top-2 teams will get a place in the Super-4. There all the teams will play each other. After this the top two teams will get a place in the finals.
Squads of every Team
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Stand-by player: Sanju Samson
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel
Reserve player: Tayyab Tahir
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzid Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Naim, Shamim Hossain
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (C), Kusal Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dushan Hemantha.
Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Rohit Paudel (C), Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud (Wicket-keeper), Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee (vc), Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC.
Match Fixtures
August 30: Pakistan vs Nepal, Multan, 3:30 PM IST
August 31: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Pallekele, 1 PM IST
September 2: Pakistan vs India, Pallekele, 1 PM IST
September 3: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Lahore, 1:30 PM IST
September 4: India vs Nepal, Pallekele, 1 PM IST
September 5: Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, Lahore, 3:30 PM IST
September 6: A1 vs B2, Lahore, 3:30 PM IST
September 9: B1 vs B2, Colombo, 2 PM IST
September 10: A1 vs A2, Colombo, 2 PM IST
September 12: A2 vs B1, Colombo, 2 PM IST
September 14: A1 vs B1, Colombo, 2 PM IST
September 15: A2 vs B2, Colombo, 2 PM IST
September 17: TBC vs TBC, Colombo, 2 PM IST