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Pakistan to host Asia Cup in 2023

Lahore: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has decided to host the 2023 Asia Cup in Pakistan, confirmed chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja.

GNN Web Desk
Published 3 years ago on Oct 15th 2021, 8:50 pm
By Web Desk
Pakistan to host Asia Cup in 2023

According to reports, the tournament will be played in the ODI format and will be followed by T20 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka scheduled to take place in 2022.

The ACC in a meeting decided that Asia Cup would be played in Pakistan.

The decision was taken by the ACC on the meeting in Dubai chaired by its president Jay Shah.

It was in 2008, that Pakistan last hosted Asia Cup. According to the chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the decision to allow the tournament to Pakistan was unanimous.

In the tournament, Asian teams including India and Sri Lanka will also participate.

The 15th edition will be hosted by Sri Lanka next year in T20 format before the 16th edition of the Asia Cup is held in Pakistan in 2023.

 

 

 

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