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2022 Asian Cup trophy unveiled in UAE | Courtesy: Emirates Cricket
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The big event of the Asian Cricket Council returns after a four-year hiatus in the 2022 Asian Men’s Cup. From 27 August to 11 September, the Dubai International Cricket Stadium will host nine matches including the final in the T20 format at two venues, 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 Khadi you
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, Parvez, Parvez Nurul Hassan Sohan and Tuskin Ahmed
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper-batter), Charith Asalanka (Deputy Captain), Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wicketkeeper-batter), 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 – selected but will not play due to injury during the 2022 SLC Invitational T20 League, Kasun Rajitha – Selected but will not tour due to injury during the 2022 SLC Invitational T20. The names of the following two players have been forwarded to the Minister of Sports on 16 August 2022, seeking his approval as replacements for both 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.
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