The six-team tournament will be played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. After India refused to travel to Pakistan due to diplomatic tensions between the two neighboring countries. India will play all Asia Cup matches in Sri Lanka including games against Pakistan.
Teams are divided into two groups A and B. India, Pakistan, and Nepal are in Group A. On the other side Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are in Group B.
The Opening match of Asia Cup 2023 between Pakistan and Nepal in Multan on August 30. Team India is set to play their first match on September 2 at Kandy against Pakistan.
Take A Look of All Squad For Asia Cup 2023
Group A
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (traveling reserve).
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir (traveling reserve).
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud
Group B
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najib Zadran, Md Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Sharifuddin Ashraf, Fazal Haq, Abdur Rahman
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Zenith Perera, Kusal Mendis (Vice-Captain), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Mahesh Thikshana, Dunith Vellej, Mathisha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan
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