The Men's Asia Cup 2023 is about to kick off on 30 August, featuring six cricketing nations vying for the esteemed championship.
Here's your complete guide to Asia's premier cricket tournament:
The 16th edition of the Asia Cup will be jointly hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Joining the co-hosts in the competition are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, and debutants Nepal.
Nepal makes their first appearance in the Asia Cup, having secured their spot by triumphing in the inaugural ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2023. They defeated the United Arab Emirates in the final with a seven-wicket win.
India leads the Asia Cup winners list with seven titles, including six in the ODI format and one in T20I. Sri Lanka follows closely with six titles, while Pakistan has clinched the Asia Cup twice.
Asia Cup 2023 Format
The Asia Cup 2023 commences on 30 August and features two groups of three teams each, competing in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Four stage, which is another round-robin series. The finalists will face off on 17 September in Colombo.
Asia Cup 2023 full schedule
13 games will be played during the Asia Cup 2023 between 30 August and 17 September.
The group stage of the tournament will be played from 30 August to 5 September. Three of these games will be played in Pakistan, while the rest will be held in Sri Lanka.
The Super Four stage will run from 6 to 15 September, with five encounters being played in Sri Lanka, and one in Pakistan. The final will be hosted at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 17 September.
| DATE | GROUP STAGE | VENUE |
| 30 AUG | PAKISTAN v NEPAL | MULTAN, PAK |
| 31 AUG | BANGLADESH v SRI LANKA | KANDY, SL |
| 2 SEP | PAKISTAN v INDIA | KANDY, SL |
| 3 SEP | BANGLADESH v AFGHANISTAN | LAHORE, PAK |
| 4 SEP | INDIA v NEPAL | KANDY, SL |
| 5 SEP | AFGHANISTAN v SRI LANKA | LAHORE, PAK |
| SUPER 4s | ||
| 6 SEP | A1 v B2 | LAHORE, PAK |
| 9 SEP | B1 v B2 | COLOMBO, SL |
| 10 SEP | A1 v A2 | COLOMBO, SL |
| 12 SEP | A2 v B1 | COLOMBO, SL |
| 14 SEP | A1 v B1 | COLOMBO, SL |
| 15 SEP | A2 v B2 | COLOMBO, SL |
| 17 SEP | FINAL | COLOMBO, SL |
Asia Cup 2023 venues
The Asia Cup will be played across four venues in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They are:
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Asia Cup 2023 Squads
India squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve)
Pakistan Squad
Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.
Sri Lanka
To be announced
Bangladesh squad
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Afghanistan squad
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 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
Nepal squad
Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud
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