Asia Cup 2022 – Full Schedule, Team List, Groups, Squads, India Squad, Points Table, Where To Watch And Live Streaming

Asia Cup 2022 – Full Schedule, Team List, Groups, Squads, India Squad, Points Table, Where To Watch And Live Streaming:

Asia Cup 2022 is scheduled to begin this month. The fifteenth edition of the competition will be played in the United Arabia Emirates from August 27 to September 11. Originally, Sri Lanka were scheduled to host the competition but the Asian Cricket Council had to shift the venue due to the political unrest in the country. Asia Cup is making a return after a long gap of 4 years.

The last edition was played in 2018 with UAE being the venue at that time too. UAE will be hosting the continental championship for the fourth time. UAE have been a happy hunting ground for Team India as they have won all the three editions held in the country. The Men in Blue are the defending champions and will be looking to extend their dominance in Asia Cup in the upcoming tournament.

And while only time will tell how Team India perform in Asia Cup 2022, here we are giving you all the details to ensure that you don’t miss any action.

Asia Cup 2022 – Full Schedule, Team List, Groups, Squads, India Squad, Points Table, Where To Watch And Live Streaming:

Asia Cup 2022 Team list and groups:

A total of six teams will be taking part in Asia Cup 2022. The five Test playing nations of the continent – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh – along with the winner of the qualifying event will fight it out in the tournament.

The qualifier tournament is scheduled to be contested just before the Asia Cup 2022. UAE and Kuwait, who progressed from the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 and Singapore and Hong Kong, who came through the 2020 ACC Eastern Region T20 will participate in the competition.

The six teams have been divided into two groups. India, Pakistan and the qualifier are in Group A while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan form Group B. Each team will play the other team once in the group stage. The top two teams qualify for the Super 4 round where the teams play against each other in league format again before the final where the top two would feature.

Here are the Asia Cup 2022 groups:

Asia Cup 2022 – Full schedule:

Asia Cup 2022 is scheduled to begin on August 27 while the final is scheduled to take place on September 11. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will play Afghanistan in the first match of the tournament in Dubai. India, on the other hand, will open their campaign against Pakistan on August 28.

Here is the Asia Cup 2022 schedule:

Asia Cup 2022 squads:

India squad:

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan. Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.

Pakistan squad:

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.

Bangladesh squad (predicted):

Anamul Haque, Mohammad Naim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain (c), Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud

Sri Lanka squad (predicted):

Dasun Shanaka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Nuwanidu Fernando, Lahiru Madushanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana

Afghanistan squad (predicted):

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nijat Masood, Ihsanullah Janat, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Noor Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf

(The squads of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will be updated as soon as they are announced)

Asia Cup 2022 – Points Table:

(*The points table will be updated at the appropriate time)

Asia Cup 2022 format:

Asia Cup 2022 will be played in the T20 format and will give the teams an opportunity to prepare for this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. The T20 World Cup is scheduled to start in October.

Asia Cup was first held in the T20I format in 2016 just before that year’s T20I World Cup. Later in 2018, it was played in the 50-over format. The format of the Asia Cup is decided by the marquee ICC event that follows it.

Asia Cup 2022 Live Streaming and Live Telecast Details

In India

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecasted on the Star Sports network in India and Disney + Hotstar will stream the online coverage of the event. The same network will provide live coverage to Asia Cup 2022 in other subcontinent regions like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

In Pakistan

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecasted on PTV Sports and Ten Sports, the former has the exclusive rights for the event for both TV and online streaming.

In Bangladesh

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecasted on Gazi TV (GTV) in Bangladesh

In Australia and New Zealand

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecasted on Yupp TV in the Oceania countries of Australia and New Zealand.

In South Africa

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecasted on the SuperSport network while online streaming will take place on SuperSport.com.

In USA and UK

Asia Cup 2022 will be streaming on Hotstar in USA and UK.

In the Middle East

Asia Cup 2022 will be telecasted on OSN Sports Cricket HD.

Asia Cup 2022 – FAQs:

Who will host the Asia Cup Cricket 2022?

While United Arabia Emirates (UAE) is the venue for the tournament, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will serve as the hosts of Asia Cup 2022.

Is there any Asia Cup in 2022?

Yes, Asia Cup will be played in 2022. The tournament is making a return after 4 years. The previous edition was held in 2018 before the 2020 edition was called-off due to Covid-19 pandemic.

How many teams in Asia Cup 2022?

A total of six teams – India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and a qualifying team – will take part in Asia Cup 2022.

Is Asia Cup T20 or ODI?

Asia Cup 2022 will be played in the T20 format due to this year’s T20 World Cup.