Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Asia Cup Cricket 2010 Schedule

Asia Cup Cricket 2010 kicks off from 15 June in Sri Lanka. Four test playing countries from Asia: Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh- will take part in the tournament. Though the tournament is named Asia Cup, all the participating teams are particularly from South Asia. Asia Cup 2010 will be the 10th edition of the tournament since its inception in 1984.

Four teams will play against each other once in a round robin league system. Two teams in terms of highest points achieved would progress to the final which is scheduled to take place on 24 June. All the matches of the tournament will be day-night and held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is the defending champion for the 2 tournaments now, and another success this year will make it a hat-trick of Asia Cup title. India and Sri Lanka both won the tournament on 4 occasions each, and thus, becoming the most successful teams in Asia Cup.

Pakistan’s only success in Asia Cup came in 1986 when Sri Lanka hosted the tournament for the first time. Sri Lanka already has the experience of organizing Asia Cup for 3 times, highest in the tournament.

This year, Sri Lanka would like to retain the title by capitalizing on their home advantage. Their recent form in ODI is pretty much satisfactory. They won the tri-nation series in Bangladesh earlier this year defeating India in the final. Sri Lanka also reached the semi final of the twenty20 world cup 2010.

India’s recent form may not be that great, but the ‘men in blue’ would try to win the tournament this year. Though India was the losing finalists of the lat 2 tournaments, they could not win the Asia Cup title since 1995.

Pakistan’s recent form in ODI is disappointing. They were whitewashed by Australia in a 5-match ODI series earlier this year. Moreover, they failed to defend their twenty20 world cup title recently.

Bangladesh would start the tournament with underdog’s tag. They lost to New Zealand and England in the ODI series this year, and their twenty20 world cup performance was not satisfactory either. However, they will be looking to cause upsets, and if possible a place in the Asia Cup 2010 final.

Here is the schedule of Asia Cup 2010:

Date

Competing Teams

Time

Venue

June 15

Mon

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

June 16

Mon

Bangladesh vs India

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

June 18

Mon

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

June 19

Mon

India vs Pakistan

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

June 21

Mon

Bangladesh vs Pakistan

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

June 22

Mon

Sri Lanka vs India

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

June 24

Mon

Final

(TBC vs TBC)

GMT 09:00;

Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

13 comments:

  1. India doni ko captance se hta ke galte kare ga.Is se team kamzor ho ge

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  2. AFRIDI win this tittle

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  3. india ki gand patey gi asaia cup mn

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  4. InsAllah In this year Pakistan will be won this title

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  5. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!!!!!
    Rock Pakistani Team!!!
    Pakistan won this tittle!!!

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  6. Pakistan ko Asia Cup zaroor jitna chaya

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  7. PaKiStAn Uu HaVe 2 WoN ThIs AsIa CuP
    PaKiStAn ZiNDabAd.....!!!!!!

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  8. inshallaha we have won the asia cup

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  9. Hahaha .. pakistan :)

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  10. Any Team Who will play with Professional Planning, will win this Title...

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  11. This year Asia cup Bangladesh are fight.

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  12. Salo phati kya pakistan ki ...
    India was baap and will be!!

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  13. This year Asia cup is good better than last match

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