
The 15th edition of the Asia Cup is all set to take place between August 27th and September 11th in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Earlier, it was scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka, but following the poor economic and political condition in the island country, it had to be shifted.
Asia Cup 2022 composes of six teams, including already qualified India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka. The sixth team will be one from Hong Kong, UAE, Kuwait, or Singapore, making its place in winning the Asia Cup 2022 Qualifiers.
All the teams have announced their squads for the event that will be played in a T20 manner this time. Have a look below:
Pakistan
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain
India
Rohit Sharma (Capt ), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Y Chahal, R Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Sri Lanka
Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwanidu Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Dinesh Chandimal
Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi (captain), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.
Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed
The opening match is to be played between hosts Sri Lanka and Afghanistan on August 27th whereas, it will be followed by a much-hyped encounter, India vs Pakistan on August 28th.
Also, see:
Pakistani fans disappointed with inclusion of Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram in Asia Cup 2022 commentary panel

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