Six teams will be seeking for a place in the upcoming Asia Cup 2018. Apart from hosts Malaysia, UAE, Hong Kong, Nepal, Oman, and Singapore will be fighting it out in the Asia Cup 2018 Qualifier to book a berth in the tournament proper. The winner of Asia Cup 2018 Qualifier will join India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to play in the Asia Cup 2018 which is scheduled from September 15 to 28. The qualifying team will be placed in Group A alongside India and Pakistan. Asia Cup Cricket 2018 Schedule in PDF Download: Time Table and Venue of Asia Cup Cricket Including India vs Pakistan Fixture.

Meanwhile, the Asia Cup 2018 Qualifier gets underway from August 29 and the final will be played on September 06 at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. Apart from it, Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur and UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi, Malaysia will host the matches as well.

The 2018 edition of the Asia Cup will be held in the UAE. Initially, it was scheduled to take place in India. However, given the political tension between India and Pakistan, the tournament was shifted to the UAE. Rivals India and Pakistan will face-off in the group stage match on September 19. The two teams are expected to qualify for the next round- Super 4- and thus another India vs Pakistan encounter could be on offer. In fact, both the teams are being labelled as favourites to make it to the final of the tournament, which possibly could be the third contest between these rivals inside a month.  It’s India vs Pakistan in Cricket This September!

Asia Cup 2018 Qualifier Schedule:

Wed Aug 29:  Malaysia v Hong Kong, Nepal v Oman, UAE v Singapore

Thu Aug 30: UAE v Nepal, Hong Kong v Singapore, Malaysia v Oman

Sat Sep 1: UAE v Hong Kong, Oman v Singapore, Malaysia v Nepal

Sun Sep 2:  Hong Kong v Oman, Malaysia v UAE, Nepal v Singapore.

Tue Sep 4: Malaysia v Singapore, UAE v Oman, Nepal v Hong Kong

Thu Sep 6:  Final.

Squads:

United Arab Emirates Squad: Abdul Shakoor, Adnan Mufti, Amir Hayat, Ahmed Raza, Ashfaq Ahmed, Fahad Nawaz, Rohan Mustafa(c), Shaiman Anwar, Zahoor Khan, Mohammad Naveed, Rameez Shahzad, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Usman.

Hong Kong Squad: Aizaz Khan, Anshuman Rath, Arshad Mohammad, Babar Hayat(c), Christopher Carter, Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Cameron McAulsan, Scott McKechnie, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Shah, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Tanwir Afzal, Waqas Khan.

Malaysia Squad: Ahmad Faiz(c), Abdul Rashid, Ainool Haqqiem, Pavandeep Singh, Shafiq Sharif, Suharril Fetri, Syed Aziz, Virandeep Singh, Anwar Arudin, Saifullah Malik, Syazrul Idrus, Muhammad Anwar, Sharvin Muniandy, Dhivendran Mogan, Muhamad Syahadat.

Nepal Squad: Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Binod Bhandari, Lalit Bhandari, KC Karan, Paras Khadka(c), Subash Khakurel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Gyanendra Malla, Rohit Paudel, Basant Regmi, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sagar Pun, Sompal Kami, Anil Sah.

Singapore Squad: Abhiraj Singh, Amjad Mahboob, Aritra Dutta, Aryaman Sunil, Aalap Asurlekar, Rezza Gaznavi, Anantha Krishna, Manpreet Singh, Arjun Mutreja, Anish Paraam, Rohan Rangarajan, Karthikeyan Subramanian, Chetan Suryawanshi(c), Sharan Swaminathan, Selladore Vijayakumar.

Oman Squad: Vaibhav Wategaonkar, Zeeshan Maqsood(c), Aqib Ilyas, Bilal Khan, Jatinder Singh, Jayesh Odedra, Kaleemullah, Khawar Ali, Ajay Lalcheta, Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Muhammad Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fiaz Bhutt, Suraj Kumar.

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