Asia Cup Schedule has been announced by ICC. India will face arch-rivals Pakistan on September 19th after playing their opening game a day before against the team who is still to qualify for the Asia Cup. Asia Cup will kick start on September 15th with Bangladesh playing Sri Lanka.
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UAE, Singapore, Oman, Nepal, Malaysia and Hong Kong are the team who’ll play a qualifier to fill up the remaining two spots. Whereas India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are all confirmed participants in the competition.
Group A consists of India, Pakistan and the qualifier while Group B comprises Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 4 and in Super 4 all the qualified squad will play three matches against each other to book a spot in Final. The Final of the Asia Cup will be played on September 28th in Dubai
Asia Cup Schedule:
Group Stage
15 September – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka.
16 September – Pakistan vs Qualifier.
17 September – Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan
18 September – India vs Qualifier.
19 September – India vs Pakistan
20 September – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan
Super Four
21 September – Group A Winner vs Group B Runner-up
21 September – Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up
23 September – Group A Winner vs Group A Runner-up
23 September – Group B Winner vs Group B Runner-up
25 September – Group A Winner vs Group B Winner
26 September – Group A Runner-up vs Group B Runner-up