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)
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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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  11. ^ "No. 10 Naseem Shah's last-over sixes in low-scoring thriller take Pakistan to final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Brilliant Sri Lanka clinch Asia Cup 2022 title". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka not in position to host Asia Cup T20: SLC tells Asian Cricket Council". The Hindu. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Sri Lanka withdraws from hosting Asia Cup 2022". The Nation. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Asia Cup 2022 officially moved to UAE". CricBuzz. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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