The Asia Cup 2023 will kick off on August 30 in Multan, Pakistan, with Pakistan taking on Nepal in the opening game. This will be the first Asia Cup staged in a hybrid format, with four matches taking place in Pakistan and the rest in Sri Lanka.
The Asia Cup 2023 is due to begin on Wednesday, August 30th, with six nations participating: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. The event will be staged in a hybrid format for the first time, with four games taking place in Pakistan and the remaining nine matches taking place in Sri Lanka, including the final in Colombo.
While the Asia Cup is extremely important because it determines the best team in Asia, this competition is more of a dress rehearsal for the greater prize, the World Cup, which takes place in October-November in India. Pakistan enters the event with confidence, having defeated Afghanistan 3-0 in the three-match One-Day International series, which took played only in Sri Lanka. Team India will enter the tournament unclear of their batting order because important players will be returning from long-term injuries, but they will want to strike the ground running.
Asia Cup Matches Schedule 2023
Squads:
Afghanistan:
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Bangladesh:
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Pakistan:
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel
India:
Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
Travelling reserve: Sanju Samson
Nepal:
Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud
Sri Lanka:
Dasun Shanaka (C), Matheesha Pathirana,Maheesh Theekshana, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Mendis, Asalanka, Dhananjaya, Samarawickrama, Wellalage, Rajitha, Hemantha, Binura and Madushan.
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