Asia Cup kicks off today

The Asia Cup 2022 kicks off today (Saturday) with a match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the UAE. Defending champions India will kick-start their campaign with a match against arch-rivals Pakistan tomorrow (Sunday), report agencies.

The continental event was earlier set to take place in Sri Lanka but the economic crisis in the country saw the tournament being shifted to United Arab Emirates. The gulf nation will host the event across two venues - Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

The tournament will be played in the T20 format, featuring 6 teams divided into two groups at the start.

In their respective groups, the teams will be playing each other once. The top two teams from both the groups will then advance to the Super 4s, where all the four teams will be playing once against each other.

The top two teams from the Super 4s will advance to the final that is scheduled to take place on September 11.

The teams will first participate in a round robin of two groups, followed by a Super 4 round where all teams will face each other. Finally the top two teams will contest the final.

The six teams playing the main round of Asia Cup 2022 are split as follows:

Group A - India, Pakistan, Hong Kong

Group B - Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh

The Asia Cup 2022 will be broadcast on the Star Sports network and DD Sports in India.