🏏The 2022 Asia Cup is scheduled to be the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, with the matches being played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) during August and September 2022 in Sri Lanka. Originally scheduled to be held in September 2020, the tournament was postponed in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then rescheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in June 2021,before being postponed to again. Pakistan were scheduled to host the tournament after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition.However, in October 2021, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that Sri Lanka would host the tournament in 2022,with Pakistan hosting the 2023 edition. India are the defending champions.
🏏2022 Asia Cup will begin on Saturday 27 August and ends on Sunday 11 September
🏏The schedule for the Asia Cup 2022 has been finally announced by the Asian Cricket Council. The countries will face each in the T20 Tournament in the venues fixated by the ACC. This cup is one of the major events for the Cricket in Asian Countries.
🏏The tournament was first played in the year 1984. The last edition was held in an ODI format in the United Arab Emirates. India won the last Asia Cup as it emerged as the most successful in the cup, which did not lose even a single match. The Indian Batsman Shikhar Dhawan was named the Man of the Series for the Cup. After multiple postponements, the tournament will be held on the soil of Sri Lanka in August 2022.
🏏The five prominent cricketing teams in the continent have qualified to participate in the cup. The qualifiers will also be held in Sri Lanka as well. It will be very interesting to see which new team will be added for the Asia Cup 2022.
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