The Asia Cup 2023 schedule was lastly introduced on Wednesday, by Jay Shah, BCCI secretary and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) head. This time the event is being performed in a hybrid mannequin, after Shah declared final 12 months that India wouldn’t be travelling to Pakistan for the occasion. The event will start with a match between Pakistan and Nepal in Multan, Pakistan, on August 30. The much-awaited India-Pakistan conflict will happen in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on September 2. India will face Nepal within the different group stage match on September 4 on the similar venue.
Pakistan will host three group stage matches and one Tremendous 4 stage match. The remainder of the event shall be performed in Sri Lanka. The ultimate will happen in Colombo on September 17.
ACC president Jay Shah tweeted out the whole schedule on Wednesday together with the message: “I’m glad to announce the schedule for the extremely anticipated Males’s ODI #AsiaCup2023, a logo of unity and togetherness binding numerous nations collectively! Let’s be a part of fingers within the celebration of cricketing excellence and cherish the bonds that join us all”.
The 2023 version will characteristic two teams, with the highest two groups from every group qualifying for the Tremendous 4 stage. Within the Tremendous 4 stage, all groups will play one another as soon as. The highest two sides from the Tremendous 4 stage will then face off within the remaining.
I’m glad to announce the schedule for the extremely anticipated Males’s ODI #AsiaCup2023, a logo of unity and togetherness binding numerous nations collectively! Let’s be a part of fingers within the celebration of cricketing excellence and cherish the bonds that join us all. @ACCMedia1 pic.twitter.com/9uPgx6intP
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) July 19, 2023
There’s a probability that India will face Pakistan thrice within the Asia Cup, contemplating outcomes go that approach. For that to occur, India and Pakistan will first need to qualify for the Tremendous 4 stage. Then in the event that they end on prime of that stage, they may once more face one another within the remaining.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal will participate within the continental occasion.
Following the acceptance of the hybrid mannequin by all stakeholders together with the PCB and BCCI, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) introduced final month that 4 matches shall be held in Pakistan and 9 in Sri Lanka with the occasion to held from August 31 to September 17.
The hybrid mannequin was proposed as BCCI had clearly conveyed that it will not ship its workforce to Pakistan as a result of tense relations between the 2 international locations.
The hybrid mannequin proposed by Najam Sethi, the chairman of the dissolved cricket administration committee of the PCB, and was accepted by the ACC members together with India.
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