2018 Asia Cup schedule has been announced with India and Pakistan set to be in the same group during the round-robin phase. The third team in their group will be the qualifying country from the Asia Cup qualifiers to be held in Malaysia from 29th Aug – 06th Sep, 2018.
The winner of the Asia Cup Qualifiers, to be competed between UAE, Nepal, Hong Kong Kong, Oman, Singapore and Malaysia will join India and Pakistan in Group A while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Afghanistan clubbed together in Group B. 2018 Asia Cup will be played in the 50-overs format.
Top 2 team’s from each group will form the Super 4 phase where each team will play the remaining three once. Top 2 team’s after the conclusion of the Super 4 phase will then qualify for the Asia Cup Final. India and Pakistan can potentially play 3 matches during the same tournament if they both qualify from the group stage and Super 4 stage.
The Asia Cup has been shifted to UAE after Pakistan’s request to have the venue shifted was agreed upon with BCCI hosting the tournament in the Emirates country rather than at home. The main draw of the Asia Cup will be held between Sep 15th – 28th in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The Final of the Asia Cup qualifiers, scheduled on 06th Sep 2018 will be broadcasted live on Star Sports network.
Hi! Only the final will be televised and hence, we will only stream the Final of the Asia Cup Qualifiers.
— Disney+HS_helps (@hotstar_helps) August 23, 2018
The Asia Cup qualifiers Final will also be streamed live on the Hotstar platform of Star Network. The league phase matches will not be broadcasted live and one hopes that either Asian Cricket Council or Malaysian Cricket Association are able to arrange some sort of Live stream on their facebook pages as the demand for viewership is more from countries like Nepal, UAE and Oman.
Hi! Only the final of the #AsiaCup Qualifiers is being produced for TV. You can watch it on Sept 6 LIVE on the Star Sports network. Please stay tuned for further updates.
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 24, 2018
2018 Asia Cup Schedule:
Sep 15th – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka @Dubai
Sep 16th – Pakistan vs Qualifier @Dubai
Sep 18th – India vs Qualifier @Dubai
Sept 21st – 1st Group A vs 2nd Group B @Dubai ; 1st Group B vs 2nd Group A @Abu Dhabi
Sep 25th – 1st Group A vs 1st Group B @Dubai
Sep 28th – Final @Dubai
The winner of the Qualifiers will also get to play the ACC Emerging Nations Asia Cup, to be held jointly by Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dec 2018. The Asia Cup will be broadcasted live on Star Sports network on TV and Hotstar platform (Digital broadcast).
