Asia Cup 2023: Full schedule, squads, match timings, live streaming and telecast - all you need to know

The 2023 Asia Cup will start on Wednesday, August 30, with India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan among the six teams.

The event will be held in a hybrid way for the first time. Four games will be played in Pakistan, and the other nine games, including the final in Colombo, will be played in Sri Lanka.

The Asia Cup is very important because it decides which team is the best in Asia. However, this event is more of a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, which will be held in India in October and November.

Pakistan is very confident going into the event because they beat Afghanistan 3-0 in a three-game ODI series that took place only in Sri Lanka.

Team India will go into the event not knowing their batting order because many of their key players have been out with injuries for a long time, but they will try to get off to a good start.

Here's all you need to know about Asia Cup 2023:
Full Schedule

Squads

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Naim Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Pakistan

Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel

Travelling reserve: Tayyab Tahir

India

Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

Travelling reserve: Sanju Samson

Nepal

Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud

Live streaming and telecast details

All matches will have a 3 PM IST start apart from the four games that will take place in Pakistan. The 2023 edition of the Asia Cup will have a live telecast through the Star Sports network on TV.

The live streaming of the continental tournament will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website. The tournament will be available to watch for free for mobile users.