Gauri Malik | Updated: Jul 12, 2022 16:32 IST
Asia cup India vs Pakistan match: According to reports in Sri Lankan media, India and Pakistan will likely face off in the Asia Cup 2022 before Australia’s T20 World Cup 2022. Since it was first held in Sharjah in 1984, the Asia Cup will be held for the fifteenth time in 2022. Between August 27 and September 11, the continental tournament will be played in the T20 format.
The latest edition of the Asia Cup will be played in T20 format. It was initially scheduled to be held in 2020 but was postponed due to the covid pandemic. India is the defending champions having beaten Bangladesh in the final in 2018 to win a record sixth title. Due to the escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries, bilateral cricket matches between the two teams are now only played at international and continental tournaments.
The Asia Cup was recently played in the 50-over format in 2018 as a warm-up for the 2019 ODI World Cup. The 2022 Asia Cup, on the other hand, will be played in the T20 format as a warm-up for the T20 World Cup in 2022. This is the same format that was used in 2016, and India won both the 2016 and 2018 editions.
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Most likely, the format for 2022 will be the same as that of 2018. In this, the six teams will be split into two groups of three teams each, with Pakistan and India positioned in the same group. All teams will face off against one another, and the top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Four. Each team in the Super Four will face some other three teams once. At last, the top two teams will play in the championship game. TRP and revenue are two advantages this format has. If they meet in the final, India and Pakistan will undoubtedly play twice, with an excellent chance of playing three times.
In terms of the teams, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India already had qualified for the 2022 Asia Cup. United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Singapore, and Hong Kong will make up the sixth team. These four groups will compete in the Asia Cup 2022 qualifiers before the main competition begins.
This year, from August 27 to September 11, Sri Lanka will host the Asia Cup for the first time in 2022. This year, as in 2016, a T20 format will be used for the premier Asian tournament. It served as a warm-up event for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup that year. And this year too, with the T20 World Cup 2022 just around the corner, the competition will aid the Asian teams in finding their rhythm. The competition will take place for the first time since 2018, and India, the current record-holder, and victor of the previous two competitions will be motivated to triumph once more.
The upcoming Asia Cup, which will be held in Sri Lanka, will feature a match between Team India and Pakistan, reigniting an old rivalry between the two nations. According to reports, the tournament will begin on August 27 with the India vs. Pakistan match scheduled for August 28. The fact that Team India will enter the competition as the defending champions after defeating Bangladesh in the Asia Cup final is noteworthy.
India’s Rohit Sharma will take on Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022, the two teams’ first encounter since the T20 World Cup last year, before the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. From August 27 to September 11, 2022, Sri Lanka will host the Asia Cup.
The T20 format will once again be used for the Asia Cup this year, just as it was in 2016. The Asia Cup will be the ideal preparation for all of the participating parties to finalize their squad members before the crucial event Down Under, with the T20 World Cup just around the corner. Since this would be the first Asia Cup to be played since 2018, Team India, the tournament’s record-holders and winners of the previous two editions, will be hoping to retain the coveted trophy.
The top cricket organization in Sri Lanka has demonstrated a willingness to support the hosts despite the country’s financial situation, and even though the tournament’s official schedule has not yet been made public, multiple reports indicate that the eagerly anticipated match between India and Pakistan will take place on August 28.
The competition will take place in August 2022 and will be hosted by Sri Lanka.
On August 28, India will face its biggest rival Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022, which will be played in T20 format.
The Asia cup 2022 is scheduled from August 27, 2022, till September 11, 2022
For the first time, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets.
Since 1984, India has faced Pakistan 14 times in Asia Cup matches, winning eight of those games, losing five, and having one match called off due to rain.