Updated: 21 August 2023
Asia Cup 2023 Squad: Team List, Players, And Head Coach For The Tournament. Fans will see the biggest Asian cricketing rivalry between India vs Pakistan on Sep 2 at Kandy as Asia Cup is going to start on Aug 30 at Pakistan and Sri Lanka. First time in the history of the Asia Cup the 16th season of the 6 Asian Nations tournament will be hosted on the hybrid model.
Out of 13 matches defending champion Sri Lanka will host 9 and rest 4 will be hosted by Pakistan at Multan and Lahore. First-time qualifier for the tournament Nepal will face Pakistan in the opening match of Asia Cup 2023 at Multan.
Pakistan is the team who announced their 17-man squad captained by Babar Azam. Bangladesh and Nepal also announced their squad. India, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will do the soon.
This time tournament will be played in the ODI format. UAE hosted the last ODI format of Asia Cup in 2018 where Rohit Sharma -led India beat Bangladesh and won the record 7th Asia Cup title. Shikhar Dhawan was awarded man of the tournament.
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India Squad & Players List For Asia Cup 2023
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Md Shami, Shardul Thakur, Md Siraj, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna & Sanju Samson (backup)
Head Coach- Rahul Dravid
1st Match- vs Pakistan (2 Sep) – Kandy
Note- On Monday, Aug 21 BCCI announces the final squad.
Pakistan Squad & Players List For Asia Cup 2023
Babar Azam (c), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf
Head Coach- Grant Bradburn
1st Match- vs Nepal (30 Aug) – Multan
Bangladesh Squad & Players List For Asia Cup 2023
Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Mohammad Naim Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim
Standby players- Saif Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Taijul Islam
Head Coach- Chandika Hathurusingha
1st Match- vs Sri Lanka (31 Aug)- Kandy
Nepal Squad & Players List For Asia Cup 2023
Gulshan Jha, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud
Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla
Head Coach- Monty Desai
1st Match – vs Pakistan (30 Aug) – Multan
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Afghanistan Squad & Players List For Asia Cup 2023- To Be Announced
Head Coach – Lance Klusener
1st Match- vs Bangladesh (3 Sep) – Lahore
Sri Lanka Squad & Players List For Asia Cup 2023- To Be Announced
Head Coach- Chris Silverwood
1st Match- Bangladesh )31 Aug) – Kandy