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The fourteenth edition of Asian Cricket Council’s premier championship, Asia Cup, is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 15 till September 28, 2018.
Unlike the previous edition (T20), the tournament will revert back to the 2006 format (ODI) and will feature six Asian teams: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.
Format:
All six teams have been divided into two groups A and B. The top two teams from each group will move ahead to the Super Four stage and from there the top two teams will then compete for the title in the final.
All of the matches will be played across two venues: Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. Team India will play all its matches at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, irrespective of their standings in Group or Super four stage.
Squads of all six participating teams:
India:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh 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 and K Khaleel Ahmed.
Pakistan:
Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan, Imam ul Haq, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Asif Ali, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Nawaz, Fahim Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Usman Shinwari and Shaheen Afridi.
Sri Lanka:
Angelo Mathews (c), Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Dilruwan Perera, Amila Aponso, Kasun Rajitha, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera, Lasith Malinga and Niroshan Dickwella.
Bangladesh:
Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Hider Rony, Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque.
Afghanistan:
Asghar Afghan (c), Mohammad Shahzad, Ihsanullah Janat, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad, Sayed Shirzad, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Wafadar.
Hong Kong:
Anshuman Rath (c), Aizaz Khan, Aftab Hussain, Babar Hayat, Cameron McAuslan, Christopher Carter,Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Haroon Arshad, Kinchit Shah, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Raag Kapur, Scott McKechnie, Tanveer Ahmed, Tanwir Afzal and Waqas Khan.
