The big match between India and Pakistan will be played in Dambola




Lahore (Urdu Point Latest News. July 12, 2023) The schedule of this year's Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been finalized. The tournament, which will follow a 50-over format, is scheduled to run from August 31 to September 17 this year and the official schedule is expected to be released on Friday this week. According to The Press Trust of India, the Asian Cricket Council has adopted a hybrid model for the tournament, with the first 4 matches to be played in Pakistan, followed by the remaining 9 matches in Sri Lanka.

The highly anticipated match between Pakistan and India will take place in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Pakistan's only home match will be against Nepal and is likely to be played in Lahore. The other three matches in Pakistan will be Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan.

The schedule was finalized in a meeting between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah and Asian Cricket Council President.

(ACC). The meeting took place on Tuesday during the Chief Executives Committee (CEC) meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual meeting in Durban, South Africa. Current Indian Premier League chairman Arun Dhumal said, "Our secretary met PCB chief Zaka Ashraf and the Asia Cup schedule was finalized as discussed earlier.

The tournament will include four league stage matches in Pakistan, followed by nine matches in Sri Lanka. The teams participating in the Asia Cup, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Nepal, will participate in a total of 13 ODIs. These teams are divided into two groups. Group A includes Pakistan, India and Nepal while Group B includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.