Good news for cricket fans, Asia Cup dates revealed

The Asian Cricket Council has announced the dates for the Asia Cup 2022. The tournament will be held from 27th August to 11th September this year. It will be played in the T20 format. This will be the 15th edition of the Asia Cup. The first edition of the tournament was held in 1984. In the 14 previous editions, the tournament has been organized in the ODI format 13 times and T20 format only once, with the only instance coming in 2016. India is the most successful team in the tournament, winning the trophy 7 times, followed by Sri Lanka, who has won the title 5 times.

Pakistan was set to host the tournament, but it was later decided that the hosts for the 15th edition would be Sri Lanka given that India won’t travel to Pakistan for the series. The tournament was set to be staged in June last year but had to be postponed as India qualified for the Test Championship final. The tournament was also postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic.

 Here is the shared Tweet:

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New dates are revealed for the next edition of the Asia Cup

“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, ” read the Tweet. The tournament will give the fans another chance to witness an India–Pakistan clash. Notably, the two teams only clash in multinational events. In their last meet, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in the 20-20 World Cup. 

Meanwhile, six teams will take part in the tournament. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and a qualifying team will play in the league. UAE and Kuwait, who progressed from the 2020 ACC Western Region T20, and Singapore and Hong Kong, who progressed from the 2020 ACC Eastern Region T20, will compete in the qualifiers, set to be held on August 20.