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After a long hiatus of four years Asia Cup is back with a bang as ACC announced that the Asia Cup 2022 is set to kick off from August 27 to September 11, 2022 in Sri Lanka. The qualifiers for the tournament will accordingly be held from 20th August 2022 onwards as this time the tournament will be played in T20 format. The big decision was taken during the ACC’s Annual General Meeting where president Jay Shah was present with board representatives of other Asian cricket teams including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
“The Asia Cup 2022 (T20 Format) will be held in Sri Lanka from 27 August - 11 September later this year. The Qualifiers for the same will be played 20 August 2022 onwards," ACC said in the statement.
All eyes will be on much anticipated India-Pakistan clash which will again highlight the marquee event. India will be playing Pakistan for the first time after the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.
Asia Cup 2022 will have six teams - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and a Qualifier. The Qualifier tournament will be played between UAE and Kuwait, who progressed from 2020 ACC Western Region T20, and Singapore and Hing Kong, who progressed from the 2020 ACC Eastern Region T20.
India remain the most dominant team in Asia Cup history. In 14 editions, since the inception in 1984, India have won the title seven times - 1984, 1988, 1990/91, 1995, 2010, 2016 and 2018. Sri Lanka is the second most successful side with five title wins - 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 and 2014. They have also made the most appearances (14) in Asia Cup history followed by India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who have played the tournament 13 times each. Pakistan have won the remaining two times - 2000 and 2012.
The tournament, which usually alternates between ODI and T20I formats, was last played in 2018 and won by India. The COVID-19 pandemic had forced the postponement of the 2020 edition.
Sri Lanka were supposed to host the 2020 edition, but the pandemic first pushed the event to 2021 before finally being moved to 2022. Pakistan, who were originally supposed to host the 2022 Asia Cup, now have the hosting rights for 2023.
The sixth team to join the tournament will be one of UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and Hong Kong. UAE and Kuwait had made it to the qualifiers after finishing first and second in the ACC Western region event in 2020 while Singapore and Hong Kong did the same from the eastern region.
