The Asia Cup 2023 is set to commence with its first match taking place on Wednesday, August 30 at 1:30PM (GST).
The tournament will conclude on September 17, 2023 with the finals being held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The first match will be played by Pakistan and Nepal in a One Day International (ODI) format at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Pakistan. The match sold over 25,000 tickets.
The tournament will be played in the 50-over format among six teams: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Asia Cup 2023 team grouping
Group A
- India
- Pakistan
- Nepal
Group B
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
Asia Cup 2023 schedule
| Date | Teams | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| August 30 | Pakistan VS Nepal | Multan, Pakistan |
| August 31 | Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| September 2 | Pakistan VS India | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| September 3 | Bangladesh VS Afghanistan | Lahore, Pakistan |
| September 4 | India VS Nepal | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| September 5 | Afghanistan VS Sri Lanka | Lahore, Pakistan |
| SUPER 4s | ||
| September 6 | A1 v B2 | Lahore, Pakistan |
| September 9 | B1 v B2 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| September 10 | A1 v A2 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| September 12 | A2 v B1 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| September 14 | A1 v B1 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| September 15 | A2 v B2 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| September 17 | FINAL | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Where to watch the Asia Cup 2023?
- eLife TV – CricLife Max on channel 777
- StarzPlay
Asia Cup venues
- Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
- Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
- R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Asia Cup 2023 squads
- Afghanistan : Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
- Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Pathum Nissanaka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan.
- India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson
- Nepal squad: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud
- Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (Captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir
Asia Cup 2023 facts and figures
- Co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka the 2023 Asia Cup is the 16th edition of the tournament.
- This year will mark Nepal’s debut in the tournament who qualified by winning the inaugural ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2023.
- Recent editions of the Asia Cup have alternated between ODI and T20I formats. However, this year will be played in the ODI format.
- India is the team with the highest number of wins in the tournament with seven titles.
- Sri Lanka are the defending champions and hold the second highest wins in the tourament with six titles.
- There will be 13 games played between August 30 to September 17.
- The group stage of the tournament will be played from 30 August to 5 September.
- The final will be hosted at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 17 September.
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