India will open their Asia Cup marketing campaign towards arch-rivals Pakistan in Kandy on September 2 whereas assembly the neighbours in a Tremendous 4 conflict in Colombo on September 10, as per scheduled launched by Asian Cricket Council on Wednesday.
The six-team ODI match, which is a pre-cursor to the ICC World Cup will begin on August 30 in Multan the place hosts Pakistan takes on Nepal.
The Asia Cup is being performed in Hybrid Mannequin as 4 matches can be held in Pakistan whereas 9 different video games together with the ultimate can be held in Sri Lanka’s Kandy and Colombo.
The ultimate can be held on the Premadasa Stadium on September 17.
Whereas India, Pakistan and Nepal represent group A, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are in group B.
The discharge shared by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Jay Shah stated Pakistan will stay A1 and India will stay A2 no matter their positions after the primary spherical. If both of them doesn’t qualify, Nepal will take their place.
Equally, in Group B, Sri Lanka will stay B1 and Bangladesh will stay B2. If any of those groups don’t make it to Tremendous 4s, Afghanistan will take their place.
Whereas Pakistan had been initially scheduled to host this yr’s Asia Cup, the Indian cricket board’s refusal to ship a group throughout the border. Pakistan will thus host a complete of 4 matches whereas the remaining 9 matches can be performed in Sri Lanka.
After dealing with their arch-rivals within the tournament-opener, the Rohit Sharma-led group could have a one-day break earlier than they face Nepal on September 4 at Kandy.
Full schedule:
Group stage:
August 30: Pakistan vs Nepal, Multan
August 31: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Kandy
September 2: India vs Pakistan, Kandy
September 3: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Lahore
September 4: India vs Nepal, Kandy
September 5: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Lahore
Tremendous 4s stage:
September 6: A1 vs B2, Lahore
September 9: B1 vs B2, Colombo
September 10: A1 vs A2, Colombo
September 12: A2 vs B1, Colombo
September 14: A1 vs B1, Colombo
September 15: A2 vs B2, Colombo
September 17: Closing, Colombo.