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The UAE will host the Asia Cup T20 tournament this year. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly gave this information after the Apex Council meeting on Thursday. He said that the Asia Cup has been shifted from Sri Lanka to the UAE. Ganguly said that UAE is the only country where it is not raining at the moment. Earlier on Wednesday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had refused to host the Asia Cup 2022 T20 cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket gave this information to the Asia Cricket Council (ACC) on Wednesday. He said that due to economic and political reasons, he is not in a position to host the T20 Asia Cup. The third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) was also postponed due to the economic crisis. According to ACC sources, Sri Lanka has said that the situation here is very bad. It is not in a position to host such a big tournament of six teams. The Asia Cup is scheduled to be played from August 27 to September 11 and will be played in the T20 format. The tournament, which started in 1984, was played in the 50-over format till 2014. Then in 2016 due to T20 World Cup it was played in T20 format.
Then under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team became the champion. In 2018, once again this tournament was played in the ODI format and under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India became the champion. Now this year due to the T20 World Cup, once again this tournament will be played in the T20 format. The Indian team has so far participated in 13 editions of the tournament and has emerged as the most champions seven times. Apart from this, the team was also runner-up three times. Sri Lanka is in second place. Sri Lankan team has been champion five times and runner up six times. Pakistan’s team has won this title twice and twice it has been runner up. Next year again this tournament will return to the ODI format.
The UAE will host the Asia Cup T20 tournament this year. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly gave this information after the Apex Council meeting on Thursday. He said that the Asia Cup has been shifted from Sri Lanka to the UAE. Ganguly said that UAE is the only country where it is not raining at the moment.