Asia Cup will be held in September, this time the tournament will be in ODI format. The Asian Cricket Council kept India and Pakistan in the same group.
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The whole world waits for the match between India and Pakistan. Recently, these teams clashed twice in the Asia Cup and in the T20 World Cup 2022, there was a clash between the two. Now another match of India-Pakistan has been decided. Both these teams are going to clash in Asia Cup 2023. On Thursday, the Asian Cricket Council announced the format and groups of the tournament while making a big announcement. Asian Cricket Council President Jai Shah tweeted on Thursday that a total of 8 teams will participate in the Asia Cup and these teams will be divided into two groups. The big news is that India and Pakistan teams are in the same group.
The Asia Cup will be held in September and a total of 6 teams will be seen playing in this tournament. This time the tournament will be in ODI format and the teams have been divided into two groups. According to the format prepared by ACC, the match between India and Pakistan is fixed.
India-Pakistan match fixed
India and Pakistan have been placed in Group 1. The Sri Lankan team is also in this group. On the other hand, Group 2 has the team of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and it will also include a qualifier team. A total of 6 matches will be played in the league stage. At the same time, after the league stage, the Super-4 round will be played. This means that the journey of any one of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will end in the group stage itself. A total of 6 matches will be played in the Super 4 round and after that the final two teams will be decided. That means a total of 13 matches will be played in the Asia Cup.
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India-Pakistan can clash 3 times
Let us tell you that three India-Pakistan matches can be seen in the Asia Cup. The competition of both is fixed in the league round. After this, both the teams can clash in the Super-4 round as well. If both the teams remain in the top 2 in terms of points, then the final match can also be seen between the two.
Although Asia Cup 2023 was to be held in Pakistan, but recently ACC Chief Jai Shah had said that this tournament will not be held on Pakistani soil. Now it remains to be seen where this tournament is organized.