China was interested to host the Asia cup at Guangzhou but it was decided by the Asian Cricket Council that Bangladesh will host the event. It will be the third time Bangladesh will host the event.
The event was supposed to be held between 1 March 2012 and 11 March 2012. But it is rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the ODI tri-series in Australia that also includes Sri Lanka and India, which is ending on March 8. Now the tournament will be played from 11 March to 22 March. The teams in the event are hosts Bangladesh, defending 2010 Asia Cup Champions India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
India squad for Asia Cup:
MS Dhoni (captain), Virat Kohli (vice captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ashok Dinda, Manoj Tiwary.
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup:
Muhammad Hafeez , Nasir Jamshed , Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Omer Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Shahid Khan Afridi, Hammad Azam, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Omer Gul, Wahab Riaz and Aizaz Cheema
Sri Lanka squad for Asia Cup: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Farveez Maharoof, Sachithra Senanayake Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Seekkuge Prasanna and Suranga Lakmal.
Bangladesh is the fourth team participating at the event and the final squad is not yet announced by its cricket board.
A total number of seven ODI’s will be played amongst the four teams starting from March 12th and a final winner will pick the trophy on March 22nd
1st ODI- Bangladesh Vs Pakistan on Monday March 12th
2nd ODI- India Vs Sri Lanka on March 13th
3rd ODI- Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka March 15th
4th ODI- Bangladesh Vs India March 16th
5th ODI- India Vs Pakistan March 18th
6th ODI-Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka March 20th
7TH ODI- The final match will be played between the top two teams on March 22nd
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