2022 Asia Cup

2022 Asia Cup
Dates27 August – 11 September 2022
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Champions Sri Lanka (6th title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants6
Matches13
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Wanindu Hasaranga
Most runsPakistan Mohammad Rizwan (281)
Most wicketsIndia Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11)
2018
2023

The 2022 Asia Cup (also known as DP World Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, with the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) during August and September 2022 in the United Arab Emirates.[2][3] Originally scheduled to be held in September 2020, the tournament was postponed in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] It was then rescheduled to take place in June 2021,[5] before being postponed once again.[6] Pakistan was scheduled to host the tournament after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition.[7] However, in October 2021, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that Sri Lanka would host the tournament in 2022,[8] with Pakistan co-hosting the 2023 edition with the former.[9] India were the defending champions,[10] and were eliminated in the Super Four stage in this edition.[11] Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs in the final, to win their sixth title and their first in T20I format.[12]

On 21 July 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) informed the ACC that they would not be in a position to host the tournament due to the economic and political crisis in the country.[13][14] On 27 July 2022, the ACC confirmed that the tournament would be played in the United Arab Emirates,[15] with Sri Lanka Cricket serving as the tournament's hosts.[16] The fixtures for the tournament were announced on 2 August 2022.[17]

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