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The dates of Asia Cup 2023 have been announced. The Asian Cricket Council gave this information. The tournament will be held from August 31 to September 17. Teams of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Nepal will play a total of 13 ODIs. The tournament will be hosted in a hybrid model, with four matches being played in Pakistan and the remaining nine matches being played in Sri Lanka. Asia Cup matches will be played in Pakistan after 15 years. Pakistan last hosted the Asia Cup in 2008 when Sri Lanka became the champions after defeating India in the final.
They were face to face. For this reason, the schedule of this tournament has not been released till now. The Asia Cup 2023 was hosted by Pakistan, but the BCCI is not ready to send its team here. For this reason, there was talk of organizing this tournament in another country, where all the countries participating in this tournament were ready to send their teams, but the Pakistan Cricket Board was not ready to give up hosting the Asia Cup. In such a situation, a middle way was found and now this tournament is being organized in hybrid model. Now the Pakistan team will play its league matches in Pakistan, while the Super Four matches and the Indian team matches will be played in Sri Lanka. The final match will also be held in Sri Lanka. While the Super Four matches and the matches of the Indian team will be played in Sri Lanka. The final match will also be held in Sri Lanka.
Those will be divided into two groups. Teams from both the groups will play each other and the team that finished last in the points table will be eliminated. At the same time, both the top teams in the points table of both the groups will make it to the Super Four. Here also the four teams will play each other and the top two placed teams will play the final match. This time the Asia Cup is being organized before the ODI World Cup. In this context, this tournament will be in ODI format. Last year the Asia Cup was held in T20 format and Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating Pakistan in the final. The top two teams in both the groups will make it to the Super Four. Here also the four teams will play each other and the top two placed teams will play the final match. This time the Asia Cup is being organized before the ODI World Cup. In this context, this tournament will be in ODI format. Last year the Asia Cup was held in T20 format and Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating Pakistan in the final.
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