New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Saturday became the fifth country to announce the squad for Asia Cup 2022. The details were also shared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on its website. Earlier, four teams out of the total six participants announced their squads. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were the first to announce their squads for the fifteenth edition of the tournament. It is reported that the delay was caused by Sri Lanka’s political muddle.
?? Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2022 Asia Cup is out!
Details ⬇️
— ICC (@ICC) August 20, 2022
The squads for the sixth team will be announced after the qualifier match between UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuwait. According to the ICC, the 2022 Asia Cup is a six-team tournament that will start on August 27.
Asia Cup 2022: Schedule
The Asia Cup 2022 tournament will be played from August 27 to September 11 at 7.30 pm (IST) among six Asian teams.
Asia Cup 2022: Venue
Asia Cup venue was earlier decided to be Sri Lanka but due to the economical collapse of the country, the venue was changed. Now, the matches have been scheduled to be held in Dubai, while some will be played in Sharjah stadium.
OTT platform to watch Asia Cup 2022
The live streaming of Asia Cup 2022 will be available on Disney Hotstar Plus App and on the Hostar website.
Asia 2022: Groups
There will be six teams in Asia Cup 2022. Five teams are permanent include except for UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Kuwait.
Teams in Group A
- India
- Pakistan
- UAE/ Hong Kong/ Singapore/ Kuwait (Yet to be determined)
Teams in Group B:
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
- Afghanistan
Here are all the squads for this year’s tournament:
Group A
India: 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. Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.
Pakistan: 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, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
Qualifier: Final team in Group A yet to be determined
Group B
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari. Standby: Nijat Masood, Qais Ahmed, Sharafuddin Ashraf.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Nu
