Asia Cup 2023 Schedule, Fixtures, Teams List, Venue, Players and many other related details can be checked from here. Every cricket tournament in India creates buzz, as cricket is the most loved sport in India. Hence how can Indian cricket fans miss watching the 2023 Asia Cup tournament?
Asia Cup 2023
So knowing the excitement of the Indian cricket fans, we have come up with our new post on the Asia Cup tournament 2023. Here we will let you know Asia Cup 2023 Schedule, Fixtures, Teams List, Venue and all the current happenings circulating the most awaited cricket tournament. So without wasting your time, let’s start the topic.
Asia Cup 2023 tournament will be the 16th edition of the Asia Cup. The tournament was started in the year 1984, and India was the winner of the first edition. Following India’s win in the first edition, so far, 15 tournaments have been played since then. Now the sixteenth tournament is on the way, and Pakistan is the hosting country. It is scheduled to begin in September 2023 as a preparatory tournament for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
Asia Cricket Cup 2023
Six countries will take part in the Asia Cup tournament this year, including the five full members, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Nepal, joining for this year’s Asia Cup 2023. The format of the matches played is 50 overs, which means the matches are played as One Day Internationals.
Sri Lanka will be the defending champion this time. The Asian Cricket Council will confirm the schedule and format of the tournament soon. Our page has also let you know the complete schedule and format of the coming tournament so that you don’t miss any of its matches.
Asia Cup Team List 2023
In the above stanza, we have already mentioned the names of the participating countries in the Asia Cup tournament. Here we will talk in-depth about it. There are six countries taking part in the 16th edition of the Asia Cup. The teams are divided into two groups :
Group A
- Pakistan
- India
- Nepal
Group-B
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
All six teams are joining for the group and knock-out stages. The entire Asia Cup tournament will be played in a group-wise knock-out format. After which, the top two teams decided from the super four matches will play the final winning match. For your knowledge, we are letting you know that India has so far won the Asia Cup trophy 7 times.
Asia Cup 16th Edition Predicted Schedule
The 16th Asia Cup tournament was originally scheduled to happen in 2021 but was later postponed due to the packed schedule with Sri Lanka as the host. Finally, the 16th edition of the tournament is commencing in September 2023, and we cannot wait to watch it. Hence here is the complete schedule of the tournament so that you do not miss watching any of its matches.
Asia Cup 2023 Match Date |
Asia Cup 2023 Participating Teams |
Asia Cup 2023 Match Venue |
Asia Cup 2023 Time |
02-09-2023 |
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka |
Islamabad
|
2:00 pm noon |
03-09-2023 |
India vs Pakistan |
Karachi |
2:00 pm noon |
05-09-2023 |
Afghanistan vs Bangladesh |
Lahore |
2:00 pm noon |
06-09-2023 |
India vs Qualifying team |
Multan |
2:00 pm noon |
08-09-2023 |
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh |
Karachi |
2:00 pm noon |
09-09-2023 |
Pakistan vs Qualifying team |
Islamabad
|
2:00 pm noon |
10-09-2023 |
Super Four Match 1 (B1 vs B2) |
Lahore |
2:00 pm noon |
11-09-2023 |
Super Four Match 2 (A1 vs A2) |
Multan |
2:00 pm noon |
12-09-2023 |
Super Four Match 3 (B1 vs A1) |
Karachi |
2:00 pm noon |
13-09-2023 |
Super Four Match 4 (B2 vs A2) |
Islamabad
|
2:00 pm noon |
14-09-2023 |
Super Four Match 5 (A1 vs B2) |
Lahore |
2:00 pm noon |
15-09-2023 |
Super Four Match 6 (B1 vs A2) |
Multan |
2:00 pm noon |
17-09-2023 |
TBD vs TBD, Final match |
Karachi |
2:00 pm noon |
Asia Cup Hosting Controversy 2023
We have already let you know that this time Pakistan is going to host the tournament after many obligations finally. As prior to the confirmation, India is not ready to play the tournament in Pakistan. After this, Pakistan threatened to boycott the 2023 World Cup if India did not ready to play in Pakistan.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja also said that if their hosting rights are taken back due to India’s unwillingness to travel to Pakistan, they will consider Pakistan pulling out of the tournament because of India.
It seems that it is a tough time for the Pakistan Cricket Board because recently, England men’s and women’s teams also cancelled the Pakistan tour due to security reasons. Hence the PCB was disappointed with the decision. Nevertheless, Pakistan is going to host the Asia Cup 2023 tournament and all things are settled now, and India finally agreed to play the Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan.
Asia Cup Venue 2023
The Pakistan Cricket Board has not released the venue of the Asia Cup tournament so far. The ICC has listed Pakistan as the hosting country of the 16th edition of the Asia Cup 2023. The PCB will soon reveal the schedule, Venue and fixtures on their official site. We will let you know the complete venue of all the matches soon after it is published. Till then, you can see the anticipated venue for all the matches listed below.
- Islamabad
- Multan
- Karachi
- Rawalpindi
Asia Cup Winning List
So far, 15 tournaments have been played, and India won the highest number of tournaments, i.e. 7 times. After that, Srilanka is at number 2, winning 6 Asia Cup tournaments, while Pakistan won 2 tournaments so far.
Let’s see who will grab this year’s Asia Cup trophy. Below is the complete list of the Asia Cup winners so far in the tabulated form. Please check it out.
Edition |
Tournament Year |
Winning Country |
Hosting Country |
First |
1984 |
India |
UAE |
Second |
1986 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
Third |
1988 |
India |
Bangladesh |
Fourth |
1990 |
India |
India |
Fifth |
1995 |
India |
UAE |
Sixth |
1997 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
Seventh |
2000 |
Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
Eighth |
2004 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
Ninth |
2008 |
Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
Tenth |
2010 |
India |
Sri Lanka |
Eleventh |
2012 |
Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
Twelfth |
2014 |
Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
Thirteenth |
2016 |
India |
Bangladesh |
Fourteenth |
2018 |
India |
UAE |
Fifteenth |
2022 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
India Squad for Asia Cup Tournament 2023
Indian Cricket team is all set to maintain their record for the highest winning team in the tournament. To back the Asia Cup title, once again Indian team will put in all their efforts. The final India squad for the tournament is not fixed yet, but for you, we have gathered information from various sources about the probable players that are going to participate in the tournament.
Rohit Sharma the current captain of the Indian Cricket team, will be sure to perform as a opener for the team. Other than him, Shubham Gill is also expected to be part of the Indian squad in the coming tournament. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli will also return for Asia Cup.
Other than these, the players who have the highest chances to perform in the Asia Cup tournament are Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin.
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