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The 2022 Asian Cup trophy was unveiled on Friday by United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cricket Committee Chairman Sheikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahyan.
“The 2022 Asian Cup trophy was unveiled earlier today (Friday) in Abu Dhabi by His Highness Sheikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Chairman of the UAE Cricket Council,” Emirates Board A statement from Ball Sports said. Also present at the unveiling ceremony were UAE Cricket Council Secretary General Mubashshir Usmani, Sri Lanka Cricket President Shammi Silva, Sri Lanka Cricket Chief Executive Ashley de Silva, UAE Cricket Council Advisor Subhan Ahmed, Finance and Operations General Manager Suchith Perera, Asian Board Prabhakaran Thanraj, Head of Events and Business at Cricket Council and Asia Cricket Council.
The big event of the Asian Cricket Council returns after a four-year hiatus in the 2022 Asian Men’s Cup. Played in two venues in T20 format,
From 27 August to 11 September, the Dubai International Cricket Stadium will host nine matches, including the final, while the Sharjah Cricket Stadium will host four matches.
Defending champions India are also the most successful team, having won the title seven times. Although the last competition was held in the form of ODI, this time the competition will be in the form of T20.
The six teams are divided into two groups, India, Pakistan and Group A for the qualifiers; Group B with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Each team will play against each other once in the group stage, and the top two teams in each group will advance to the Super 4 rounds. The top 2 teams of Super 4 will advance to the final.
Here is the current lineup announced:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), 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.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Deputy Captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, and Usman Qadir (Central Punjab).
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Ra​​​him, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Parve Emon, Nurul Hasan Sohan and Taskin Ahmed.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (Goalkeeper), Charith Asalanka (Deputy Captain), Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Goalkeeper), Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwanidu Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal – Wicket Keeper/Batsman, Binura Fernando – Inducted but unable to tour 2022 League due to injury during SLC Invitational T20, Kasun Rajitha – Inducted , but was unable to tour due to an injury during the 2022 SLC Invitational T20 League.
The names of the following two players were forwarded on 16 August 2022 to the Sports Minister seeking his approval as replacements for the two injured players: Asitha Fernando – Substitute Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan – Substitute Kasun Rajitha
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (C), Najibullah Zadran (VC), Afsar Zazai (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujib ur Ra​​hman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Rashid Khan and Samiullah Shinwari. Nijat Masoud, Qais Ahmad and Sharafuddin Ashraf are three players who are part of the team’s reserve team. (ANI)
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