There are chances that the two teams will face each other in the Super Four stage as well
The schedule of the 2022 Asia Cup cricket tournament has been released. The tournament runs from August 27 to September 11.
In the first match of Group A, arch-rivals Pakistan and India will meet on the 28th. There are chances that the two teams will face each other in the Super Four stage as well.
India are in Group A with Pakistan. The third team will be from the qualifying round. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in Group B.
After the Asia Cup, there is a Pakistan-India match in the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in October. The match will be played on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The UAE is hosting the Asia Cup for the second time in the last five years. It was last held in 2018. The Asia Cup was in ODI format then.
The aim of Rohit Sharma and his team will be to answer the unexpected defeat to Pakistan in the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup. India lost to Pakistan for the first time in World Cup tournaments.
Asia Cup Schedule
- August 27 – Sri Lanka-Afghanistan, Dubai
- August 28 – India-Pakistan, Dubai
- August 30 – Bangladesh-Afghanistan, Sharjah
- August 31 – India-Qualifier, Dubai
- September 01 – Sri Lanka-Bangladesh, Dubai
- September 02 – Pakistan-Qualifier, Sharjah
- September 03 – B1-B2, Sharjah
- September 04 – A1-A2, Dubai
- September 06 – A1-B1, Dubai
- September 07 – A2-B2, Dubai
- September 08 – A1-B2, Dubai
- September 09 – B1-A2, Dubai
- September 11 – Final, Dubai