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Do you know the only tournament in International cricket which is played in both formats-T-20 and ODI ?
YES...you read it right there is an international cricket tournament known as ASIA CUP, which include both the formats.
Asia Cup was established in the year 1983 to attain goodwill and peace between the Asian countries. A council was formed named as ' Asian Cricket Council ' to organise and regulate this tournament.
All the cricket playing nations of Asia take part in this tounament. Till 2014, this cup has been played in One-day International (ODI) format, but in 2015 Asian Cricket Council decided that this tournament will be played in a rotation way. So, 2016 Asia cup was the first ever championship to be played in T-20 format.
Till date thirteen Asia Cup has been played. In all the 13 cups, India and Sri Lanka are the most winning teams where India has won 6 times and Sri Lanka 5 times. Below table shows the summary of all the Asia Cups up to present date:
YES...you read it right there is an international cricket tournament known as ASIA CUP, which include both the formats.
Asia Cup was established in the year 1983 to attain goodwill and peace between the Asian countries. A council was formed named as ' Asian Cricket Council ' to organise and regulate this tournament.
All the cricket playing nations of Asia take part in this tounament. Till 2014, this cup has been played in One-day International (ODI) format, but in 2015 Asian Cricket Council decided that this tournament will be played in a rotation way. So, 2016 Asia cup was the first ever championship to be played in T-20 format.
History of Asia Cup :
This Cricket tournament was first played in 1984 by three teams- India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka, in which only three matches were played. India won this cup by defeating both the teams.
Till date thirteen Asia Cup has been played. In all the 13 cups, India and Sri Lanka are the most winning teams where India has won 6 times and Sri Lanka 5 times. Below table shows the summary of all the Asia Cups up to present date:
Asia Cup 2018:
After thirteen successful seasons of Asia Cup now its time for the 14th edition of this cup which is going to be held on the land of Arabs, 'United Arab Emirates'.
Asia Cup 2018 (Unimoni Asia Cup) will start from 15th September. This time the tournament is going to be played in ODI format,which earlier has been played in T-20 format in 2016. It is for the third time that UAE is going to host the cup.
Asia Cup 2018: Teams And Format
In this tournament six teams are going to participate-India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Except Hong Kong, which qualified for this cup by winning the Asia Cup 2018 Qualifier, the other five teams are the full time members of Asian Cricket council.
The format is similar to the previous formats of Asia Cup in which all the teams are divided in two groups:Group A and Group B. And from each group the top two teams will defend each other in the semifinals and the winners of these semifinals will fight for the cup in the Final match.
Asia Cup 2018: Match Schedule
This Asia Cup is starting from 15th Of September with the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. There will be total 13 matches played in this tournament and all the games will be played in Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sheikh Zayed Stadium Of UAE.
Here is the full schedule of Asia Cup 2018 :
Asia Cup 2018: Most Awaited Match
Since every match in Asia Cup has its own worth but when it comes to sports rivalries, the first thing that strike in our mind is the match between India and Pakistan.
The India vs Pakistan match in Asia Cup 2018 is going to be held on 19th September in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. This is the most awaited match in this tournament for which cricket fans all around the globe are eagerly waiting.
The last match between India and Pakistan was held almost one and a half year ago in the ICC Champions Trophy Final in Oval,England. In that match Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs.
So, Pakistan team will be thinking that they had already defeated India in the last match by a great margin hence they will come to the field with a positive mindset.
On the other hand Indian team is very anxious to take the revenge and want to come back on winning track.
This time Virat Kohli will not be on the field which will be a great relief for the arch-rival Pakistan.
Here are the team squads for Asia Cup 2018:
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan (VC) , KL 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, Khaleel Ahmed.
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir.
So,it was all about Asia Cup 2018, now it will be interesting to watch all the teams especially India,which is the till date defending champion, will able to retain its title ? Or any other team will steal the cup.
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The India vs Pakistan match in Asia Cup 2018 is going to be held on 19th September in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. This is the most awaited match in this tournament for which cricket fans all around the globe are eagerly waiting.
The last match between India and Pakistan was held almost one and a half year ago in the ICC Champions Trophy Final in Oval,England. In that match Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs.
So, Pakistan team will be thinking that they had already defeated India in the last match by a great margin hence they will come to the field with a positive mindset.
On the other hand Indian team is very anxious to take the revenge and want to come back on winning track.
This time Virat Kohli will not be on the field which will be a great relief for the arch-rival Pakistan.
Here are the team squads for Asia Cup 2018:
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan (VC) , KL 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, Khaleel Ahmed.
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir.
So,it was all about Asia Cup 2018, now it will be interesting to watch all the teams especially India,which is the till date defending champion, will able to retain its title ? Or any other team will steal the cup.
So,if you like this article then please like,comment and share.
please subscribe and follow us for further news.
Thank you!
News Source:Wikipedia
Special Thanks: Aryaman Gupta (Team Member)
