Asia cup 2022: UAE to host Asia Cup, first tournament to be held in Sri Lanka

Mumbai: The Asia Cup 2022 to be held in Sri Lanka after a few months has now shifted to UAE. BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly gave this information after the Apex Council meeting on Thursday. According to Dada, the UAE is the only place where there will be no rain threat during the tournament. The Asia Cup 2022 (T20) is to be held from August 27 to September 11.

Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday informed the Asian Cricket Council (SCC) that the board would not be in a position to host the upcoming edition of the Asia Cup T20 due to the economic and political crisis in the country. Sri Lanka Cricket had also recently postponed the third leg of the Lanka Premier League due to the current crisis.

The last event of the Asia Cup was held in 2018. The same was hosted by the UAE itself. Then a total of 6 teams participated. India and Bangladesh had clashed in the final. Shikhar Dhawan was the man of the match in the 3-wicket title win over Bangladesh. Since the first edition in 1984, India has been the most successful team in the tournament, lifting the trophy 7 times. Earlier this tournament was played in 50 over format, but in 2016 it was played in T20 style for the first time.