UAE Will Host Asia Cup 2018
UAE Will Host Asia Cup 2018: Now United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host Asia cup instead of India. The regular event was due to be held in India in September, followed the protest by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as they called for the event to be relocated due to the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan.
The tournament is likely to be played between 13th and 28th September 2018. The Asia Cup has been flawed by strained Indo-Pak relations since its inception when the UAE hosted it in 1984.
In 1991, Pakistan refused to send its team to India when it hosted the cup. With Pakistan and India unable to host, Bangladesh held three straight Asian Cups from 2012 to 2016.
This will be the 14th edition of the Asia Cup. The first 12 were staged as One Day International (ODI) competitions, while the previous Asia Cup in 2016 was the first to be held as a T20I event, effectively as a warm-up event ahead of the World T20.
All matches will be played in the 50 over format with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and one other team taking part. The 6th team in the event will be determined via a play-off between UAE, Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia and Oman.
Emerging Teams’ Asia Cup 2018 will be co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka
In other decisions taken at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting, the 2018 Emerging Teams Asia Cup will be co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Originally it was scheduled for April but the tournament has been moved to December.
The final of the Emerging Asia Cup Trophy will be played in Sri Lanka and the matches involving Pakistan and India will be played at their respective home grounds.
Pakistan will also play host to the next ACC Annual General Meeting, which will be held later this year.