Asia Cup 2022: Team India gear up for the big clash
Updated On: 27 August, 2022 08:35 AM IST | Dubai | R Kaushik
Teams resume rivalry in Asia Cup Twenty20 event starting today in UAE
Listen to this article :
India’s players during a practice session at Dubai on Thursday. Pic/AFP
In a bid to ensure that it doesn’t suffer for relevance and context, the Asia Cup cricket tournament has positioned itself as an amorphous entity, reshaping itself depending on the need of the hour. Originally only a 50-over competition, it has flitted between the T20 and one-day formats over the last few years, depending on what it is a precursor to.
The 2016 edition in Bangladesh was the first to be played over 20 overs, mainly as a preparatory exercise for the T20 World Cup that was to start in India a month later. Two years on, in 2018, it reverted to the 50-over version because the 50-over World Cup was but a few months away, in England in the summer of 2019.
This latest Asia Cup, running two years behind schedule due to the pandemic and shifted from Sri Lanka to the UAE owing to the massive problems in the tiny island, will be a 20-over face-off involving the five Asian Test-playing nations and Hong Kong, who sailed through to the tournament proper after finishing unbeaten in the four-team qualifying competition in Oman.
Also Read: Virat needs to score not only for India, but for himself: Sourav Ganguly
Trending Stories
Latest Photos
Latest Videos
Latest Web Stories
ADVERTISEMENT
Mid-Day Fast
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT