Asia Cup 2022: DATES ANNOUNCED for Asia Cup 2022 – The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) have announced the dates of Asia Cup 2022. The 15th edition of this prestigious competition will be held from 27 August to 11 September in Sri Lanka. Follow Asia Cup 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN.
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ACC announced the dates on their Twitter handle by saying “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.”
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.
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) March 19, 2022
Asia Cup 2022: DATES ANNOUNCED for Asia Cup 2022, to be held in Sri Lanka from August 27 – Follow Live Updates
All five Test teams of the continent in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and hosts Sri Lanka will feature in the tournament, along with one more Asian side that will be decided after a qualifier tournament which will be held from August 20.
The competition was initially scheduled to be held in September 2020, but had to be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then rescheduled for June 2021 but was rescheduled yet again. However, as the world returns to normalcy, it seems that a brand new instalment of Asia’s apex cricket competition is finally on the cards.
Sri Lanka were supposed to host the 2020 edition, but the pandemic first pushed the event to 2021 before finally being moved to 2022. Pakistan, who were originally supposed to host the 2022 Asia Cup, now have the hosting rights for 2023.
The sixth team to join the tournament will be one of UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and Hong Kong. UAE and Kuwait had made it to the qualifiers after finishing first and second in the ACC Western region event in 2020 while Singapore and Hong Kong did the same from the eastern region.
- Asia Cup 2022 will be played from 27 August to 11 September.
- The competition will be played in T20 format.
- Sri Lanka will be the hosts of this tournament.
- This will be the fifteenth edition of Asia Cup.
- India are the defending champions.
- India are the most successful team in this competition, having won it seven times.
Besides that, it was also unanimously decided in the ACC Annual General Meeting that BCCI secretary Jay Shah will continue his tenure as the president of ACC till 2024, whereas Qatar has been handed full member status.
Asia Cup 2022: DATES ANNOUNCED for Asia Cup 2022, to be held in Sri Lanka from August 27 – Follow Live Updates
