The hosts Sri Lanka will play Afghanistan in the tournament’s first match, according to the schedule for the 15th Asia Cup, which will start on August 27.
A day after in Dubai, India and Pakistan will pick up where they left off in last T20 World Cup.
The championship game is scheduled on September 11. Nine countries will compete in the T20 version of the Asia Cup, which was last contested in 2018.
UAE, Kuwait, Singapore, and Hong Kong will compete in a qualifying round, and the champion will go to the main competition with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
There will be six teams in the main event, split into two groups. Group A consists of India, Pakistan, and the qualifier, while Group B is made up of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Within the group, each team competes once.
The best two teams go to the Super 4 stage, where they play each other once more in a league system before competing in the championship game.
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