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As Team India kick-off their Asia Cup campaign on Saturday, here is an 'All You Need To Know' brief about the tournament. Seven-time title winner India will commence their quest against arch-rivals Pakistan in Kandy in the much-awaited clash on September 2.

Asia Cup 2023 Groups and India's Schedule

The six teams are divided into two groups with three teams each. India, Pakistan and Nepal are drawn in Group A while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are placed in Group B. Two top teams from each group will qualify in the Super 4s. Teams finishing first and second in the knockout stage will play the summit clash.

India will play arch-rivals Pakistan on September 2 and Nepal on September 4 in the group stage.

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Asia Cup 2023 Venues For India Matches

The tournament will be played across four venues in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pakistan will stage Asia Cup matches in Multan and Lahore while Kandy and Colombo will host the Sri Lanka leg of the competition. India will play their matches in Sri Lanka in these two stadiums:

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Asia Cup Live Streaming Details

Television Rights: Star Sports Network will broadcast the Asia Cup 2023 live on television across the country. Star Sports will broadcast live Asia Cup 2023 matches on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports, Star Sports 2, Select 1 HD, Star Sports 2 HD, and Star Sports Tamil.

Live Streaming Details: Disney+ Hotstar will stream the Asia Cup 2023 live for smartphone users and laptop users. Hotstar is a streaming platform for Star Network and telecast all the live matches provided to star network since its inception.

Asia Cup 2023 India Match Timings

All the matches will begin at 3 PM IST.

Asia Cup 2023 Squads

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (unavailable for first two matches), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve)

Pakistan squad: 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, Tayyab Tahir (travelling reserve)

Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton 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

Nepal squad: 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

Afghanistan squad: 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

Sri Lanka squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanaka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis (vc), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando and Pramod Madushan.

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