HOST: Pakistan and Sri Lanka cricket boards, under the aegis of Asian Cricket Council
DESCRIPTION:
* It will be the first Asia Cup to be co-hosted by multiple countries.
* The one-day international tournament will be played by six teams.
* The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council will take part in the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
* They will be joined by Nepal, who qualified winning the 2023 ACC Mens Premier Cup.
* Nepal would be making their ACC Asia Cup debut having qualified for the first time.
* Sri Lanka are the defending champions.
* Matches will take place at two venues each in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
* The four venues are: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan; R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy.
* Four matches will be played in Pakistan and the remaining nine matches in Sri Lanka.
* Teams will play league matches in two groups and the top two from each group will qualify for Super Four League.
* Top two teams of Super Four will meet each other in the final.
* Pakistan, India and Nepal have been placed in Group A, while Group B has been formed with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
* India will play their two Group-A league matches against Pakistan on September 2 and Nepal on September 4.
* Super Four matches will take place from September 6 to 15 and the final on September 17.
* Asia Cup was first held in 1984 in Sharjah, UAE, while the 1993 edition was cancelled due to strained political relations.
* Indian has been the most successful team in the Asia Cup, wining the title six times.
* Sri Lanka has won the tournament five times and Pakistan twice.
TEAM INDIA: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling back-up).