One of the most sought after tournaments in 2023 cricket calender; The Asia Cup is due to commence on the 30th of August with Pakistan locking horns with Nepal in the Inaugural match.

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Fixtures Schedule and Results

The previous edition of Asia Cup was played in the UAE where Sri Lanka trumped Pakistan in the Finals to become the champions. It was played in a T20I format while the latest edition will be played in an ODI format.

Venues of the tournament:

4 ODI matches will be hosted by Pakistan Cricket Borad while the remaining matches will be played in Sri Lanka. Asia Cup will be played across 4 different venues namely:

• Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
• Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
• Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
• R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

There are six teams participating in the Asia Cup 2023, namely Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

All the teams have been divided into two groups of 3 teams each. The groups are:

Group A - India, Pakistan and Nepal

Group B - Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

All the above mentioned teams will face each other in the six group stage matches, following which 4 teams will be selected for the Super 4's stage. After the Super 4's stage, top two teams will compete in the Final of Asia Cup, to be played on the 17th of September in Colombo.

The six team tournament will serve as a great practice ground leading to the ICC Men's World Cup to be held in India in October this year.

Let's have a look at the squads:

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.

Afghanistan:

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:

Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Shyam Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato and Arjun Saud.

Pakistan:

Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, 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, Tayyab Tahir (travelling reserve).

Bangladesh:

Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tawhid 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.

Sri Lanka:

Dasun Shanaka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (VC), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dusan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan

Fixtures:

Asia Cup 2023 Full Schedule

Group Stages 

Match 1- Pakistan vs Nepal- August 30

Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan

Match 2- Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka- August 31

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Match 3- India vs Pakistan- September 2

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Match 4- Bangladesh vs Afghanistan- September 3

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Match 5- India vs Nepal- September 4

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Match 6- Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka- September 5

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Super 4's Stages:

Match 7- Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Round 2-Super 4s (A1 v B2) - September 6

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Match 8- Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Round 2-Super 4s (B1 v B2) - September 9

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 9- Pakistan vs India, Round 2-Super 4s(A1 v A2)- September 10

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 10- India vs Sri Lanka, Round 2-Super 4s(A2 v B1) -September 12

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 11- Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Round 2-Super 4s (A1 v B1)- September 14- September 14

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 12- India vs Bangladesh, Round 2-Super 4s (A2 v B2)- September 15

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 13- Final- September 17

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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