HOST: Sri Lanka Cricket, under the aegis of Asian Cricket Council

DESCRIPTION:
*     Six countries, including one qualifier, would compete in this tournament.
*     Five countries _ India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan _ have qualified directly.
*     They will be joined by one qualifier from among Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore and UAE.
*     Matches will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dibai and Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
*     In the wake of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Down Under, the officials have decided to host the Asia Cup 2022 in the T20 Format.
*     The last time Asia Cup was held in the T20 format was back in 2016.
*     Team India are the defending champions of the tournament and are the most crowned side.

TEAM INDIA: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), R Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, R Jadeja, Y Chahal, R Bishnoi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.

GROUPINGS:
Group-A: India, Pakistan and Qualifier
Group-B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

SCHEDULE:
Aug 27 (Match 1): Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Aug 28 (Match 2): India vs Pakistan, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Aug 30 (Match 3): Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Sharjah (7:30 PM)
Aug 31 (Match 4): India vs Qualifier, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 1 (Match 5): Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 2 (Match 6): Pakistan vs Qualifier, Sharjah (7:30 PM)
Sep 3 (Match 7): B1 vs B2, Sharjah (7:30 PM)
Sep 4 (Match 8): A1 vs A2, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 6    (Match 9): A1 vs B1, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 7 (Match 10): A2 vs B2, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 8 (Match 11): A1 vs B2, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 9 (Match 12): B1 vs A2, Dubai (7:30 PM)
Sep 11 (Match 13): Final, Dubai (7:30 PM)