Cricket has become one of the most popular and fast-growing sports over the years, there have been a number of formats in which Cricket is being played which is a short format, t-20 internationals, ODI matches, Domestic Cricket and t-10 matches too. Asia Cup is one of the upcoming Cricket tournaments which is going to be played from August 2022. This is going to be the 15th edition of the Asia Cup since its inaugural season in 1984.
Asia Cup 2022 is going to be hosted in Sri Lanka this year, after multiple rescheduling and postponements. Due to the pandemic, Asia Cup reached the Cricket fans for a period of 2 years. This year we will be having 6 teams playing in this Cup. The Cup will begin on 27th August 2022 and conclude on 11th September 2022, as per the administrative body Asia Cricket Council. Sk lets take a look at the small prints of this game, Asia Cup 2022 Cricket Teams and Players List.
Asia Cup 2022 Teams
Here we have the list of the teams that will be participating in the upcoming thrilling Cricket fever, Asia Cup. The name itself suggests that the teams will be from one federation – Asia. All teams will represent their respective countries. The most successful team in the tournament is India with 7 titles won and the most experienced team is the team Sri Lanka with 14 years of participation. The six teams playing this T-20 Cricket format competition are given below.
- India
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Bangladesh
- Afghanistan
- the team from Qualifiers(Singapore, Kuwait, UAE, Hong Kong).
What is the Player’s list for Asia Cup 2022?
As we know that there are going to be six teams, and as of now we have confirmed 5 teams playing. The final team will be decided after the qualifying round between the 4 teams-Singapore, Kuwait, UAE, and Hong Kong takes place. As of now, there is no confirmed list of players by any of the teams. We will notify you once we have a list of all the players in the Asia Cup 2022. Fill then stay tuned.
2018 Players list Asia Cup
Afghanistan
- Asghar Afghan (c)
- Javed Ahmadi
- Munir Ahmad
- Yamin Ahmadzai
- Aftab Alam
- Ihsanullah
- Rashid Khan
- Mohammad Nabi
- Gulbadin Naib
- Rahmat Shah
- Hashmatullah Shahidi
- Mohammad Shahzad (wk)
- Samiullah Shinwari
- Sayed Shirzad
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Najibullah Zadran
Bangladesh
- Mashrafe Mortaza (c)
- Shakib Al Hasan (vc)
- Litton Das
- Ariful Haque
- Mominul Haque
- Abu Hider
- Rubel Hossain
- Tamim Iqbal
- Nazmul Islam
- Imrul Kayes
- Mahmudullah
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz
- Mohammad Mithun
- Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Mosaddek Hossain
- Soumya Sarkar
- Najmul Hossain Shanto
Hong Kong
- Anshuman Rath (c)
- Tanwir Afzal
- Nadeem Ahmed
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Haroon Arshad
- Christopher Carter
- Babar Hayat
- Aftab Hussain
- Raag Kapur
- Aizaz Khan
- Ehsan Khan
- Nizakat Khan
- Waqas Khan
- Cameron McAuslan
- Scott McKechnie
- Ehsan Nawaz
- Kinchit Shah
India
- Rohit Sharma (c)
- Shikhar Dhawan (vc)
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Deepak Chahar
- MS Dhoni (wk)
- Kedar Jadhav
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Dinesh Karthik (wk)
- Siddarth Kaul
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- KL Rahul
- Manish Pandey
- Hardik Pandya
- Ambati Rayudu
- Shardul Thakur
- Kuldeep Yadav
Pakisthan
- Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk)
- Shaheen Afridi
- Asif Ali
- Hasan Ali
- Mohammad Amir
- Faheem Ashraf
- Babar Azam
- Junaid Khan
- Shadab Khan
- Usman Khan
- Shoaib Malik
- Shan Masood
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Haris Sohail
- Imam-ul-Haq
- Fakhar Zaman
Sri Lanka
- Angelo Mathews (c)
- Amila Aponso
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Akila Dananjaya
- Niroshan Dickwella (wk)
- Shehan Jayasuriya
- Suranga Lakmal
- Lasith Malinga
- Kusal Mendis
- Dilruwan Perera
- Kusal Perera (wk)
- Thisara Perera
- Kasun Rajitha
- Dasun Shanaka
- Dhananjaya de Silva
- Upul Tharanga