Asia Cup 2022: Full schedule of matches, timings, venues, team squads, Head to Head, most titles, live stream details

Asia Cup begins on Saturday, August 27, with a clash between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. But, the match that everyone is looking forward to is of course India vs Pakistan. The two cricketing heavyweights begin their Asia Cup campaign this time with this clash on Sunday, August 28. This time the Asia Cup is being played in the T20 format as a preparatory tournament for the T20 World Cup at the end of the year in Australia. The tournament this time is being played in the UAE, though Sri Lanka are the official hosts. The tournament couldn't be played as per schedule in the island nation because of the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka. Since 2016, the Asia Cup has been played on a rotational basis between the ODI and T20 formats, depending on which global ICC tournament is scheduled next. Hong Kong on Wednesday (August 24) became the third team in Group A, which has India and Pakistan. India are scheduled to play Hong Kong on August 31.

India are the defending champions, having beaten Bangladesh in the last edition final in 2018 by 3 wickets.

The very first edition of the Asia Cup was played in 1984 in the UAE. There were only 3 teams that participated in the inaugural edition - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. All teams played each other once each. India won the title on the basis of most points (8) after winning both their matches. Sri Lanka were the runners-up with 4 points, with one win and one loss. Pakistan finished with 0 points after losing to both India and Sri Lanka. Here's how the 6 teams have been divided into two groups for Asia Cup 2022:Group A: India, Pakistan, Hong Kong Group B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan Here is the full schedule of matches for Asia Cup 2022:August 27 (Saturday): Afghanistan vs