Siraj stars as India rout Sri Lanka for eighth Asia Cup crown 2023.

The schedule for the 2023 Asia Cup, co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is revealed with the tournament running from August 30 to September 17.

Sri Lanka had won the toss and elected to bat first, however, India was able to restrict the team at 50 runs in just 15.2 overs.

In a historic match, The Blues beat Sri Lanka by 10-wicket in a one-sided Asia Cup 2023 final, as India won the most Asia Cup titles for record 8th time in the history of tournament.

India’s Mohammad Siraj took six wickets, four of which came in a single over, while conceding only 21 runs.

Only two Sri Lankan batters managed to get into double figures, with Dushan Hamantha scoring an unbeaten 13 runs and Kusal Mendes adding another 17 runs.

This is the lowest score total in the history of Asia Cup since the previous record held by Bangladesh, who scored 87 runs against Pakistan in 2000.

India’s batting side sailed through the 51 target runs in just 6.1 overs with 10 wickets in hand.

Sri Lanka won the previous 2022 edition, after beating Pakistan by 23 runs in the final held in Dubai.

The upcoming Asia Cup will be the 15th of its kind, having started way back in 1984 in Sharjah. Defending champions India are the most successful team, winning it seven times including the lone T20I edition in 2016. Sri Lanka have won the competition five times.

India beat Sri Lanka to wins the 2023 Asia Cup 2023, schedule, results.

30 Aug – Pakistan v Nepal, Pakistan won by 238 runs

31 Aug – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won by 5 wkts

2 Sep – Pakistan v India, TIED

3 Sep – Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Bangladesh won by 89 runs

4 Sep – India v Nepal, India won by 10 wkts (DLS Method - due to rain)

5 Sep – Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won by 2 runs

6 Sep – Pakistan vs Afghan (Super-4), Pakistan won by 7 wickets

9 Sep – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (Super-4), Sri Lanka won by 21 runs

10 Sep – Pakistan vs India (Super-4), India won by 228 runs

12 Sep – India vs Sri Lanka (Super-4), India won by 41 runs

14 Sep – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Super-4), Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets

15 Sep – India vs Bangladesh, (Super-4), Bangladesh won by 6 runs.

17 Sep – Final - India beat Sri Lanka to wins the 2023 Asia Cup .

Asia Cup 2023 squads: Full List of All team players

Group A

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud

India: Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

Travelling reserve: Sanju Samson

Group B

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mamhud, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Mohammad Naim

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanaka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis (vc), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan.

What is the Asia Cup Format for This Year ?

The Asia Cup 2023 kicks off on 30 August with two groups comprising three teams playing in round-robin style within their group.
Top two sides from each group will then qualify for the Super Four stage.
The Super Four will be another round-robin series of games.
The top two sides from there will qualify for the final, to be played on 17 September in Colombo.

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