Asia Cup 2022 will be played in Dubai and Sharjah between August 27 and September 11.
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will lock horns against each other in the Men’s Asia Cup, starting from August 27. India and Pakistan will face each other in the A Group opener in Dubai on August 28. There is a high chance that the two countries will be up against each other more than once in the tournament. They are likely to play against each other in the Super 4 stage and might end up playing in the final of the Asia Cup as well .
In the coming months, they might end up paying a lot more than in the last few years. A month later, after the Asia Cup, the neighbours will clash again on October 23 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Asia Cup 2022 will be played in Dubai and Sharjah between August 27 and September 11. India are in Group A along with Pakistan and the third team will be a qualifier. Sri Lanka, Bangaldadesh and Afghanistan are in Group B
This will be the second time UAE will host the Asia Cup in the last five years. In 2018, the tournament, played in the ODI format, was conducted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi between September 15-28.
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
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.
Pakistan and India are the first two teams to announce their squads for the upcoming Asia Cup. We take a look at all the squads for this year’s tournament as they continue to be announced.
