UAE’s Asia Cup and T20 World Cup fixtures: when might they play India and Pakistan?

08.08.2022 - 07:33 thenationalnews.com

The UAE will be back in action for the first time in two months when they start a Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series in Scotland this week.

The one-day internationals against the hosts and United States mark the start of a busy schedule for the national team. The players are unlikely to be complaining about what awaits, given the itinerary includes trips to some of the sport’s biggest events, and potential fixtures against the giants of the game.

Ahmed Raza’s side will return to action for the first time since the start of June when they play at Mannofield in Aberdeen, in the far north east of Scotland.

They will be familiar with their opponents. Scotland and the United States provided the opposition last time out, when the 50-over World Cup pre-qualifying league decamped to Texas.

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The wait is almost over as India and Pakistan will clash against one another in Group A of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium. Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam would look for their teams to get off to a winning start in the tournament. Ahead of the match, the entire focus is on Virat Kohli, who has not scored a ton in international cricket for more than 1,000 days. Having been rested for the series against West Indies and Zimbabwe, it would be interesting to see how the right-handed batter performs. Pakistan are without Shaheen Shah Afridi while India are without Jasprit Bumrah.

India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli set to become first Indian to play 100 matches in all formats

Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday to start their Asia Cup 2022 campaign, star batter Virat Kohli will represent the country in his 100th T20I match, becoming the first Indian player to feature in hundred or more matches in each format of the game internationally. In 99 T20I so far, Kohli has scored 3,308 runs at an average of 50.12. His best knock in T20Is is 94 not out and he has scored 30 half-centuries. Kohli stepped down from the T20I captaincy last year and was later relieved from his captaincy duties in the ODIs and Tests as well, as Rohit Sharma took over the team's command.

Fringe India players eye Asia Cup as ticket to T20 World Cup

Rohit Sharma said a few days ago that 80-90% of the squad is settled. Even though the trend post Covid is to carry 18 players, including three stand-byes, Rohit was probably talking about the final 15 who will be part of the World Cup team. The Indian team has quite a few T20s scheduled in the next couple of months, starting with the Asia Cup, and it’s the perfect platform for the fringe players to make an impression. If there are no last-minute injuries, the certainties for the World Cup are Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah. That leaves four spots and there are about nine contenders, eight being part of the Asia Cup touring party (including stand-byes). Sanju Samson is not part of the team, but he will come into the discussion later. TOI takes a look at the fringe players who will be looking to make a mark in Asia Cup and stake a claim for the World Cup. TOI looks at fringe players who are eager to make an impact in Asia Cup and make the cut for T20 World Cup.

E-Vision acquires exclusive MENA rights for the DP World Asia Cup 2022

DUBAI: E-Vision, the entertainment streaming division of e& life (part of e&), Thursday said it had acquired exclusive broadcast and media rights for the upcoming DP World Asia Cup to be shown only on the CricLife MAX channel in the MENA region.

Asia Cup 2022: With one eye on T20 World Cup, sub-continental giants resume rivalry

Asia Cup, beginning Saturday, the most closely fought edition ever. Pakistan legend Wasim Akram has already predicted the six-team tournament as having the potential to showcase quality that has never been seen before. Leaving aside the lone qualifier Hong Kong, the five other teams including record seven-time champions India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh can beat each other on their day. The tournament, which is being staged in the T20 format after six years, had to be moved to the UAE after hosts Sri Lanka expressed their inability to organise it back home amid the economic crisis faced by the island nation.

Asia Cup 2022, India vs Pakistan: Interesting statistical trivia

Pakistan in what is the opening match for both teams at the 2022 Asia Cup on Sunday. The two teams have clashed 14 times at the Asia Cup overall. Here is a quick list of some very interesting statistical trivia for India vs Pakistan at the Asia Cup, across all the previous editions. (The 2016 edition of the tournament was the first time it was played in the T20I format. The 2022 edition will mark the second instance of the Asia Cup being played as a T20 tournament) 1. India have won their last three Asia Cup matches against Pakistan - by 5 wickets (T20I) at Mirpur on February 27, 2016; by 8 wickets on September 19 and by 9 wickets on September 22 - both in the ODI format at Dubai (DSC) in 2018.