The 2022 Asia Cup is scheduled to be the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, with the matches being played as T20’s in UAE.
Asia Cup 2022 : Qualifiers | Predictions | Groups
Originally scheduled to be held in September 2020, the tournament was postponed in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then rescheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in June 2021, before being postponed to again.
| Dates | 27 August – 11 September 2022 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | UAE |
Pakistan were scheduled to host the tournament after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition.
However, in October 2021, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that Sri Lanka would host the tournament in 2022, with Pakistan hosting the 2023 edition. India are the defending champions.
Asia Cup 2022 Qualifiers
The Asia Cup 2022 qualifiers got underway on August 20 at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Muscat, Oman.
Four teams – Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait – are competing in the tournament, which is being played in a round-robin format.
Here’s a look at the Asia Cup qualifier points table standings:
| Rank | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.716 |
| 2 | UAE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.045 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.421 |
| 4 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.375 |
The winner will join India and Pakistan in Group A of the Asia Cup T20, which will be held in the UAE from August 27.
Predictions
The 15th edition of the Asia Cup is being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting August 27.
As six teams are participating in the multi-nation tournament this year, here are the predictions for the matches in the competition.
India and Pakistan will start as the favorites to win the Asia Cup 2022.
The men in blue, currently ranked the number 1 team in the ICC T20 team rankings, have played a good brand of cricket for the last 1 year.
They have a well-settled team that can outsmart the opposition on any given day.
Pakistan, on the other hand, also looks like a formidable team. They have performed well in the t20 format since the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 when the men in green reached the finals. They have a few exceptional talents, such as Md Rizwan, Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, etc., who can be very lethal on any given day. If Pakistan can replicate its performance in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, it will be invincible.
Asia Cup 2022 Groups
Group 1:
| S.No | Team Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | INDIA |
| 2 | Pakistan |
| 3 | 1 Qualifier Team from – Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore, UAE |
Group 2:
| S.No | Team Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka |
| 2 | Afghanistan |
| 3 | Bangladesh |