Asia Cup 2018 Live Scores, Schedule, Squads, Points Table, Live Streaming & TV Channel
The 2018 Asia Cup will be a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. Asia Cup 2018 will be the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third time the tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates, after the 1984 and 1995 tournaments. India are the defending champions. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played in India. It was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan.
On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Singapore, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. In August 2017, the BCCI sought government clearance to host the tournament, after the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup was moved to Malaysia. In April 2018, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, asked if the BCCI and ACC would consider hosting the tournament in Abu Dhabi, in a bid to ensure Pakistan’s participation.
Pakistan were scheduled to host the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup ahead of the tournament in April with the announcement that the Asia Cup would be played in the United Arab Emirates, the Emerging Teams Asia Cup was moved to December 2018, with Sri Lanka scheduled to co-host the tournament with Pakistan.
Star Sports to broadcast live coverage of ACC Asia Cup 2018 in India and its subcontinent (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, and Bhutan) countries; all matches streamed live in the Indian subcontinent on Hotstar digital platform (Website, App).
Group A: India, Pakistan, Hong Kong
Group B: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan
Matches Schedule as follows:
Date: September 15, 2018
Match: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Group B
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 16, 2018
Match: Pakistan vs Hong Kong, 2nd ODI, Group A
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 17, 2018
Match: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI, Group B
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 18, 2018
Match: India vs Hong Kong, 4th ODI, Group A
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 19, 2018
Match: India vs Pakistan, 5th ODI, Group A
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 20, 2018
Match: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 6th ODI, Group B
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 21, 2018
Match: India vs Bangladesh, 1st Super Four
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 21, 2018
Match: Pakistan vs Afghanistan, 2nd Super Four
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 23, 2018
Match: India vs Pakistan, 3rd Super Four
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 23, 2018
Match: Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, 4th Super Four
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 25, 2018
Match: India vs Afghanistan, 5th Super Four
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 26, 2018
Match: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 6th Super Four
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Date: September 28, 2018
Match: India vs Bangladesh, Final
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time: 11:30 AM GMT, 03:30 PM Local, 05:00 PM IST
Team Squads for ACC Asia Cup 2018
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- India
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Hong Kong (2018 Asia Cup Qualifier)
Afghanistan Squad: Asghar Afghan (c), Aftab Alam, Javed Ahmadi, Mohammad Shahzad, Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Sayed Shirzad, Najibullah Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Yamin Ahmadzai
Bangladesh Squad: Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah, Abu Hider Rony, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Nazmul Hossain Shanto
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed
Pakistan Squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir
Hong Kong Squad: Anshuman Rath (c), Aizaz Khan, Babar Hayat, Christopher Carter, Cameron McAulsan, Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Arshad Mohammad, Kinchit Shah, Waqas Khan, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Raag Kapur, Scott McKechnie, Tanveer Ahmed, Tanwir Afzal, Aftab Hussain
Sri Lanka Squad: Angelo Mathews (c), Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananjaya, Dinesh Chandimal, Dilruwan Perera, Amila Aponso, Kasun Rajitha, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera
ACC Asia Cup 2018 Points Table, Team Standings (PLD – Played Matches, PTS – Points)
- 4 points awarded for each match won
- 2 point per team taking part in any match with no result and any match which is tied (super over not possible or super over also tied)
- 0 points awarded for any match lost.
| Group A | Team | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | India |
0 | 0 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hong Kong |
0 | 0 |
| Group B | Team | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | Sri Lanka |
0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 |
