Asia Cup 2022: Groups, schedule, venue, team list and full squad

Asia Cup 2022 will be played in Dubai and Sharjah from August 27 to September 11. Read this detailed article to know about the venues, groups, and full squad and schedule

Asia Cup is returning after three years and India Cricket Team will have to defend the title once again. This is the fifteenth edition of the Asia Cup, and India has been the most successful team, winning 7 times out of 14. Apart from India, Sri Lanka has also won five times, and Pakistan has bagged it twice.

This year's campaign will be headed by VVS Laxman as an Interim coach after Rahul Dravid tested positive for coronavirus. It would be interesting to see how India manages to defend the title.

Asia Cup 2022 dates have been announced as six Asian cricketing giants will be playing to clinch the trophy. The event was supposed to be hosted by Sri Lanka, but now United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be hosting it with Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

However, United Arab Emirates did not manage to be a part of the tournament after their defeat against super-dominant Hong Kong. Also, Hong Kong is looking much stronger with bowler Ehsan Khan in a red-hot form. 

Squads of all the teams have been announced. Considering the recent performances, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are the top contenders while Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka are looking weaker on paper.

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This will be Rohit Sharma's one more test as the Indian national captain as he will face Babar Azam's Pakistan in their first group match. Since it would be a T20 match, we can not forget India's 10-wicket defeat in the World T20 2021 group match.

Mohammad Nabi will be captaining Afghanistan, Nizakat Khan will be captaining Hong Kong cricket team and all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan will be leading Bangladesh's side.


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Asia Cup 2022: Groups

There will be six teams participating in Asia Cup 2022. While five teams were permanent, Hong Kong booked its berth in the main tournament by defeating Singapore, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Nizakat Khan's led Hong Kong will be playing their first match against India on August 31, Wednesday at 7.30 pm.

Group A will have India, Pakistan and the newly-qualified Hong-Kong while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be part of group B.

Group A	Group B
India	Bangladesh

Pakistan Sri Lanka Hong Kong Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2022: Schedule

The Asia Cup 2022 tournament will be played from August 27 to September 11 at 7.30 pm (IST) among six Asian teams. Check out the schedule of the matches. 

Date	Match	Venue
Saturday, August 27, 2022	Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan	Dubai
Sunday, August 28, 2022	India vs Pakistan	Dubai
Tuesday, August 30, 2022	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Sharjah
Wednesday, August 31, 2022	India vs Hong Kong	Dubai
Thursday, September 1, 2022	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	Dubai
Friday, September 2, 2022	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka	Sharjah
Saturday, September 3, 2022	B1 vs B2	Sharjah
Sunday, September 4, 2022	A1 vs A2	Dubai
Tuesday, September 6, 2022	A1vs B1	Dubai
Wednesday, September 7, 2022	A2 vs B2	Dubai
Thursday, September 8, 2022	A1 vs B2	Dubai
Friday, September 9, 2022	B1vs A2	Dubai
Sunday, September 11, 2022	Final	Dubai

Asia Cup 2022: What would be the venue?

Earlier, Sri Lanka was supposed to be the host of Asia Cup 2022 but due to the economical collapse of the country. The venue has been shifted to the United Arab Emirates. Most of the matches will be in Dubai, while some will be played in Sharjah stadium.

Asia Cup 2022: Full Squads of participants

Team 

Captain Squad India Cricket Team  Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

Standby players:  Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer

Pakistan Babar Azam  Babar Azam, 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 Shakib al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran (VC), Afsar Zazai (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujib ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Rashid Khan and Samiullah Shinwari. 

Standby players:  Nijat Masoud, Qais Ahmad, and Sharafuddin Ashraf

Sri Lanka Dasun Shanaka  Dasun Shanaka , Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwanidu Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal. Hong Kong Nizakat Khan Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Shah, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Babar Hayat, Aftab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Ghazanfar Mohammad, Yasim Murtaza, Dhananjay Rao, Wajid Shah, Ayush Shukla, Ahan Trivedi, Mohammad Waheed.

How to watch the live streaming of Asia Cup 2022?

The live streaming of Asia Cup 2022 will be available on Disney Hotstar Plus App and the Hostar website at 7.30 pm on most days.


(Written by Zuhair Zaidi)