Asia Cup 2022 : Squads

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Defending champions India will be hoping for a third straight Asia Cup victory, but they could face stiff competition from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

The Asia Cup returns later this month after a four-year hiatus, and some of the region’s best cricket teams are ready to battle it out in the Middle East.
Defending champions India, the most successful team in the history of the Asia Cup, will be hoping to make it three straight wins in this continental tournament. They could face stiff opposition from arch-rivals Pakistan and other teams such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The tournament has tremendous prestige and historical significance as it has been running since the 1980s and will undoubtedly give the winning team the right to boast of being the best team on the continent. Some may also see the Asia Cup as important preparation for the T20 World Cup later this year.
After all, this year’s tournament returns to its shortest format, having debuted in the 2016 T20I in Bangladesh. With teams like India and Pakistan having already announced full squads, the Asia Cup can be expected to be a sort of dress rehearsal ahead of the main ICC T20 tournament in Australia in October.
Ahead of the Asia Cup, we take a look at the line-ups, venues and other relevant information such as broadcast details.

All Lineups of Asia Cup 2022

Indian Squad

Rohit Sharma
KL Rahul
Arshdeep Singh
R Ashwin
Avesh Khan
Yuzvendra Chahal
Deepak Hooda
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Virat Kohli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant
Ravi Bishnoi
Suryakumar Yadav

Hong Kong Squad

Nizakat Khan
Kinchit Shah
Aftab Hussain
Aizaz Khan
Ateeq Iqbal
Babar Hayat
Dhananjay Rao
Ehsan Khan
Haroon Arshad
Scott McKechnie
Mohammad Ghazanfar
Mohammad Waheed
Ayush Shukla
Ahan Trivedi
Wajid Shah
Yasim Murtaza
Zeeshan Ali

Sri Lanka Squad

Dasun Shanaka
Dinesh Chandimal
Dhananjaya de Silva
Danushka Gunathilaka
Chamika Karunaratne
Kusal Mendis
Pathum Nissanka
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Mahesh Theekshana
Jeffrey Vandersay
Dushmantha Chameera

Afghanistan Squad

Babar Azam
Shadab Khan
Asif Ali, player
Fakhar Zaman
Haider Ali player
Haris Rauf
Hasan Ali
Khushdil Shah
Mohammad Hasnain
Mohammad Nawaz
Mohammad Rizwan
Naseem Shah
Mohammad Wasim
Shaheen Afridi

Bangladesh Squad

Shakib Al Hasan
Afif Hossain
Anamul Haque
Ebadot Hossain
Mahedi Hasan
Mehidy Hasan
Mohammad Naim Sheikh
Mohammad Saifuddin
Mosaddek Hossain
Mushfiqur Rahim
Sabbir Rahman
Taskin Ahmed
Hasan Mahmud
Nurul Hasan

Tournament Format

India and Pakistan are in Group A with Hong Kong who passed the qualifying round. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan form Group B.
Each team will play the other teams in their group once, with each team having two matches. The top two teams from each group then advance to the Super Four stage, where all teams play each other once in a round robin format.
The top two teams in the Super Four stage will meet in the final to determine the winner of the 2022 Asian Cup.

Venue

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka but eventually had to be shifted due to the political and economic crisis that had hit the island nation for several months.

The Asian Cricket Council eventually returned to the United Arab Emirates, the country that hosted the first edition of the tournament in 1984, as well as the 1995 and 2018 editions.

The Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Stadium will co-host the tournament, with the former hosting the final on September 11.