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2023 Asia Cup
Dates30 August – 17 September 2023
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Group stage and final
Host(s) Pakistan
 Sri Lanka
Participants6
Matches13
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The 2023 Asia Cup will be the 16th edition of the Asia Cup, with the matches to be played as One Day Internationals (ODIs), and it will be jointly hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[1] The tournament will be played by 6 teams.[2] It is scheduled to be held in August and September 2023.[3] Sri Lanka are the defending champions.[4] It will be the first Asia Cup to be co-hosted by multiple countries; four matches will be played in Pakistan, and the remaining nine matches will be played in Sri Lanka.[5]

The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council will take part in the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They will be joined by Nepal, who qualified winning the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup. Nepal would be making their ACC Asia Cup debut having qualified for the first time. In January 2023, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the pathway structure and calendar for 2023 and 2024,[6][7] where they confirmed the dates and format of the tournament.[8] Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 2021, but it was postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fixtures for the tournament were announced on 19 July 2023.[9]

Background

In June 2020, following a meeting with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said they would be willing to let Sri Lanka host the 2020 Asia Cup,[10] with India unwilling to travel to Pakistan.[11] The ACC issued a press release following the meeting stating that "in light of the impact and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, possible venue options for the Asia Cup 2020 were discussed and it was decided to take the final decision in due course".[12] In July 2020, an official announcement of the postponement was made by the ACC.[13] The 2020 edition was rescheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in June 2021.[14]

In March 2021, the tournament was at risk of a further postponement after India qualified for the final of the World Test Championship, which clashed with the proposed dates in June.[15] The tournament postponed once again to 2023.[16] In May 2021, the ACC announced that the 2021 tournament would be deferred to 2023, citing that it would be difficult to schedule the tournament to due to the continued impact of COVID-19 on the scheduling of other cricket events.[17][18] Pakistan was scheduled to host the 2022 Asia Cup after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition.[19] However, in October 2021, following a meeting with the ACC, Ramiz Raja confirmed that Pakistan would host the tournament in 2023, with Sri Lanka hosting the 2022 edition.[20]

In October 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and ACC President Jay Shah said that India would not travel to Pakistan with the ongoing political tension between the two countries.[21] Despite Pakistan being confirmed as hosts earlier, he stated that "the Asia Cup 2023 will be held at a neutral venue."[22] In reply to this statement, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) requested for an emergency meeting of the ACC board to discuss "this important and sensitive matter". The PCB said that this statement could impact on Pakistan's participation in the 2023 CWC and other ICC events in India in the 2024–2031 cycle.[23]

In December 2022, the then PCB chairman Ramiz Raja informed that Pakistan might consider pulling out of this tournament if their hosting rights are withdrawn because of India's unwillingness to travel to Pakistan.[24] However, in January 2023, ACC confirmed the teams and groups of the tournament, with both India and Pakistan taking part.[25]

In March 2023, it was proposed Pakistan remain as hosts and all India matches including at least two India-Pakistan contests to be played at a neutral venue yet to be confirmed.[26] The hybrid model proposed by Pakistan was rejected by Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.[27] In response, PCB Chairman Najam Sethi proposed two options. The first option was that India play all their matches at a neutral venue with Pakistan hosting the rest of the teams. The second option was that four matches in the group stage take place in Pakistan whereas the second phase, in which matches played by the Indian team followed by the next stage matches including the final, be played at a neutral venue. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh agreed to the second option.[28]

On 15 June 2023, the Asian Cricket Council announced that the tournament will be hosted in a hybrid model with four matches being held in Pakistan, and the remaining nine matches being played in Sri Lanka.[29]

Format

The groups and format of the tournament were announced on 9January 2023, with the six teams split into two groups of three.[30] A total of 13 matches will be played, which includes six league matches, six Super 4 matches, and a final.[31] India, Pakistan and Nepal, champions of the qualifier event (2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup), have been placed in Group A, while the defending champions Sri Lanka are grouped with Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Group B.[32] The top two teams from each of the groups will progress to the Super 4. From there, the top two teams will play each other in the final.[33]

Pakistan and India are seeded as A1 & A2 While Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are seeded as B1 & B2. In case Nepal and Afghanistan qualify for the Super Four stage, they will take the slot of the team knocked out (Pakistan or India in Group A and Sri Lanka or Bangladesh in Group B).[34] [35]

Teams and qualification

  Qualified for Asia Cup as full members
  Qualified through 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup
  Failed to qualify
Means of qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
ICC Full Member — None 5

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 India
 Pakistan
 Sri Lanka

2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup 18 April — 2 May 2023 Nepal Nepal 1

   Nepal

Squads

 Afghanistan  Bangladesh[36]  India    Nepal[37]  Pakistan[38]  Sri Lanka

Venues

Pakistan Pakistan

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Lahore Multan Colombo Kandy
Gaddafi Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium R. Premadasa Stadium Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 27,000[39] Capacity: 30,000[40] Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 35,000
Matches: 3 Matches: 1 Matches: 6 Matches: 3

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Pakistan (H) 2 1 0 0 1 3 4.760
2  India 2 1 0 0 1 3 1.028
3    Nepal 2 0 2 0 0 0 −3.572
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

  Advances to Super Four

Fixtures

Timing of matches in Pakistan are in Pakistan Standard Time (PST) (UTC+05:00).
Timing of matches in Sri Lanka are in Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST) (UTC+5:30).
Timing of matches in Pakistan & Sri Lanka are in India Standard Time (IST) (UTC+5:30).


30 August 2023
15:30 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
v
4 September 2023
13:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
v
   Nepal

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Sri Lanka (H) 2 2 0 0 0 4 0.594
2  Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.373
3  Afghanistan 2 0 2 0 0 0 −0.910
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(H) Host

  Advances to Super Four


Fixtures

3 September 2023
13:30 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
v
5 September 2023
15:30 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Super Four

Points table

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  India 3 2 1 0 4 1.759
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 4 −0.134
3  Bangladesh 3 1 2 0 2 −0.469
4  Pakistan 3 1 2 0 2 −1.283
Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to the Final

6 September 2023
15:30 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
A1
v
B2
9 September 2023
14:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
B1
v
B2
10 September 2023
14:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
A1
v
A2
12 September 2023
14:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
A2
v
B1
14 September 2023
14:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
A1
v
B1
15 September 2023
14:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
A2
v
B2

Final

Main article: 2023 Asia Cup Final
17 September 2023
14:00 (IST) (D/N)
Scorecard
Super 4s-1
v
Super 4s-2

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