Asia Cup 2023: India Schedule, Team, Squad, Venue, Format, Where to Watch, all you need to know

Just a couple of nights more to go before the start of the Asia Cup 2023. There is enormous hype and anticipation among the fans for the six-team tournament, which starts on August 30 in Multan. Let’s take a deep dive into all the necessary details of Asia Cup 2023 from Team India’s perspective.

For a little brief, Asia Cup 2023 is set to be held in a hybrid model, whereby some matches will be held in Pakistan while the remaining will be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament starts on August 30, meanwhile, the final will be staged on September 17 in Sri Lanka.

As the name suggests, Asia Cup 2023 will have Asian teams participating to get crowned as the Asian Champions 2023. As many as six top Asian cricket teams will participate in the event later this month.

Asia Cup 2023: Teams

The Asia Cup 2023 will have as many as six cricket teams as participants. All the big-wig cricket-playing sides of the Asian continent will compete in the tournament to get crowned champions. Below is the list of teams participating in the Asia Cup 2023.

• Afghanistan
• India
• Bangladesh
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Nepal

Asia Cup 2023: India Schedule

Group Stage:

India Schedule Super 4s:

Asia Cup 2023 India Squad, Player List

Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve)

Batters: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav

All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Venue Details

The upcoming edition of the Asia Cup will be held in different venues across two countries – Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Pakistan leg of the tournament will be completed in Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore and Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka leg of the Asia Cup 2023 will be hosted at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele and R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Asia Cup 2023 Format

This season of the Asia Cup will be held in One Day International (ODI) format owing to the impending ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The Asia Cup 2023 will provide an ideal opportunity to test the preparedness for all six participating teams.

The tournament will kickstart with the Group Stage, followed by a Super 4 round to get the winner. Six teams have been divided into two groups of three teams each. The teams will play inside their respective group in the Group stage and the top two teams from both groups will head into the Super 4 round.

In the Super 4 round, the teams will play against each of the three other teams and at the end of the Super 4, the top two sides will proceed to play the final of the Asia Cup 2023.

Group A:

• India,
• Pakistan,
• Nepal

Group B:

• Sri Lanka,
• Afghanistan,
• Bangladesh

Where to Watch Asia Cup 2023?

All 13 matches of the Asia Cup 2023 will be live-streamed on Disney Plus Hotstar application and website for free for all users in India. The live telecast of the matches will be available on Star Sports Network.

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For more details head to ICC’s official website.