NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team face off against Pakistan in the Asia Cup pool match on September 21 in the UAE.
The event, that was originally scheduled to be hosted by India, was shifted to the UAE with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) retaining the hosting rights.
India and Pakistan have been placed in Pool A along with one qualifier to be decided before the start of event and at the qualification stage.
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have been placed in Group B.
The BCCI is hosting Asia Cup 2018 in the UAE after a unanimous decision was made during a meeting of the executive board of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in April.
A BCCI statement also confirms that the tournament would revert to the One-Day format. The previous edition in 2016 was a T20I tournament, largely to facilitate teams’ preparations for the ICC World T20 2016 that followed.
The Asian full member countries will be joined by the winner of qualifying tournament, with Hong Kong, Singapore, Oman, Nepal, UAE and Malaysia set to fight it out for the final spot.
