Asia Cup 2018: All Squads & Match Schedule
UAE: The Asia Cup 2018 to be played from 15th – 28th September 2018, is scheduled to be played by 6 teams and will feature 13 matches.
The Cup was initially awarded to the defending champions India, but due to diplomatic cum political issues between India and Pakistan, it was shifted to UAE.
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6 Teams and Groups
The six teams are divided into two groups which are appended below:
Group A
- India
- Pakistan
- Qualifier
Group B
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
- Afghanistan
Tournament Format
According to the tournament format, the top 2 teams of each group would move to the Super 4 round. In this round the leading 4 teams would compete in round robin, which would decide the finalists.
Squads of Asia Cup 2018
Afghanistan
- Asghar Afghan – Captain
- Mohammad Shahzad
- Javed Ahmadi
- Rahmat Shah
- Samiullah Shenwari
- Hashmatullah Shahidi
- Najibullah Zadran
- Mohammad Nabi
- Gulbadin Naib
- Rashid Khan
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Aftab Alam
- Ihsanullah Janat
- Sayed Shirzad
- Wafadar
- Munir Ahmad Kakar
Bangladesh
- Mashrafe Mortaza – Captain
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Tamim Iqbal
- Mohammad Mithun
- Liton Kumar
- Mushfiqur Rahim
- Ariful Haque
- Mahmudullah Riyad
- Mosaddek Hossain
- Nazmul Hossain
- Mehedi Hasan
- Nazmul Islam
- Rubel Hossain
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Abu Haider
India
- Rohit Sharma – Captain
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Lokesh Rahul
- Ambati Rayudu
- Manish Pandey
- Kedar Jadhav
- MS Dhoni
- Dinesh Karthik
- Hardik Pandya
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Axar Patel
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Shardul Thakur
- K. Khaleel Ahmed
Pakistan
- Sarfraz Ahmed – Captain
- Fakhar Zaman
- Shoaib Malik
- Mohammad Amir
- Shadab Khan
- Imam ul Haq
- Shan Masood
- Babar Azam
- Asif Ali
- Haris Sohail
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Fahim Ashraf
- Hasan Ali
- Junaid Khan
- Usman Shinwari
- Shaheen Afridi
Sri Lanka
- Angelo Mathews – Captain
- Kusal Perera
- Kusal Mendis
- Upul Tharanga
- Dinesh Chandimal
- Danushka Gunathilaka
- Thisara Perera
- Dasun Shanaka
- Dhanajaya de Silva
- Akila Dananjaya
- Dilruwan Perera
- Amila Aponso
- Kasun Rajitha
- Suranga Lakmal
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Lasith Malinga
Schedule Of Asia Cup 2018
- 15 Sept. Group B – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Dubai
- 16 Sept. Group A – Pakistan vs Qualifier Winner in Dubai
- 17 Sept. Group B – Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi
- 18 Sept. Group A – India vs Qualifier Winner in Dubai
- 19 Sept. Group A – India vs Pakistan in Dubai
- 20 Sept. Group B – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi
- 21 Sept. – Super 4 Group A – Winner vs Group B Runner-up in Dubai
- 21 Sept. – Super 4 Group B – Winner vs Group A Runner-up in Abu Dhabi
- 23 Sept. – Super 4 Group A – Winner vs Group A Runner-up in Dubai
- 23 Sept. – Super 4 Group B – Winner vs Group B Runner-up in Abu Dhabi
- 25 Sept. – Super 4 Group A – Winner vs Group B Winner in Dubai
- 26 Sept. – Super 4 Group A – Runner-up vs Group B Runner-up in Abu Dhabi
- 28 Sept. – Final Leading two teams from Super 4 in Dubai
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