Asia Cup 2022: The Asian Cricket Council has announced the date of Asia Cup 2022 on Saturday. The upcoming Asia Cup will be played in Sri Lanka from August 27 to September 11. This tournament will be played in T20 format. Its qualifier matches will start from 20 August 2022. However, the ACC has not yet announced the schedule. For the first time after 2016, this tournament will be played in T20 format. The last time the Asia Cup was held was in 2018, during which India won the 50-over tournament.
Team India, which has won the Asia Cup title 7 times, will be eyeing a hat-trick of victory with the 8th title. India has won two consecutive titles in 2016 and 2018.
The Asia Cup 2022 (T20 Format) will be held in Sri Lanka from 27 August – 11 September later this year. The Qualifiers for the same will be played 20 August 2022 onwards.
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The Asia Cup tournament is held every two years but the 2020 edition was canceled by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) due to COVID-19. Because of this the committee decided to organize the tournament this year.