The 6 teams participating in the Asia Cup series will be divided into two groups. Group A consists of India, Pakistan and qualifiers Hong Kong. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have been placed in Group B. The top two teams in Group A and B will play in the semi-finals.
Asia Cup Winning Status
The defending Asia Cup champions India have won the Asia Cup series seven times, Sri Lanka five times and Pakistan twice.
All the teams participating in the Asia Cup series have announced their national team. The details of the teams are as follows.
Indian team:
Rohit Sharma (K), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi
Pakistan team:
Babar Azam (K), Mohammad Rizwan, Faqar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Raoob, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Tahani, Usman Tahani,
Bangladesh team:
Shakib Al Hasan (K), Anamul Haq, Mushfiqur Rahim, Abif Hossain, Mosadeq Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmood, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehdi Hasanth Hose, Mehdi Hasanod, Mehdi Hasanod, Noorul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed
Sri Lanka Team:
Dasun Shanaka (K), Dhanushka Gunathilak, Padum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Sarith Asalanga, Banuka Rajapaksa, Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Vanindu Hazaran, Mahees Dikshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Samika Karunadu, Samika Karunadu, Samika Karunadu Fernando, Dushmantha Sameera, Dinesh Chandimal.
Afghanistan Team:
Muhammad Nabi (Q), Najibullah Sadran, Afsar Jazai, Asmatullah Umarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Faruqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Jazai, Ibrahim Zatran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Nawur Rahman, Nawur Rahman, Nawur Rahman, , Rashid Khan , Samiullah Shinwari. Standby: Nijad Masood, Qais Ahmed, Sharabuddin Ashraf.
Hong Kong Team:
Nizagat Khan (catch), Kinjit Shah, Zeeshan Ali, Haroon Arshad, Babar Hayat, Aftab Hussain, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Ehsaan Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Ghazanfar Mohammad, Yasim Murtaza, Dhananjay, Shakla Ay, Wajid Rao, Ahan Trivedi, Mohammad Waheed.
Competition schedule
Qualifying round
August 27: Sri Lanka v Afghanistan (B) – Dubai
August 28: India v Pakistan (A) – Dubai
August 30: Bangladesh v Afghanistan (B) – Sharjah
August 31: India – Qualifier (A) – Sharjah
September 1: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (B) – Dubai
September 2: Pakistan – Qualifier (A) – Sharjah
semi-final round
September 3: B1 – B2 – Sharjah
September 4: A1 – A1 – Dubai
September 6: A1 – B1 – Dubai
September 7: A2 – B2 – Dubai
September 8: A1 – B2 – Dubai
September 9: A2 – B1 – Dubai
September 11: Final – Dubai