The 16th edition of the Asia Cup is all set to start from 30th August as strong Pakistan side will play against Nepali team. India, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will also be competing in the tournament.

The tournament will be jointly hosted by Pakistan and Srilanka. Srilanka are the defending champions.

Five of the teams are full members of Asian Cricket Council including India, Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Nepal on the other hand, qualified for the first time in Asia Cup after winning 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup.

Asia Cup Group Division

Group A
India
Pakistan
Nepal

Group B
Srilanka
Bangladesh
Afghanistan

Predicted Playing XI for all Teams in Asia Cup 2023

Nepal

Aasif Sheikh
Kushal Bhurtel
Bhim Sharki
Rohit Kumar Paudel (C)
Kushal Malla
Dipendra Singh Airee
Gulshan Jha
Sandeep Lamichhane
Sompal Kami
Karan KC
Lalit Rajbanshi

India

Rohit Sharma (C)
Shubman Gill
Virat Kohli
Ishan Kishan
Shreyas Iyer
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Kuldeep Yadav
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammad Shami
Mohammad Siraj

Pakistan

Fakhar Zaman
Imam-ul-Haq
Babar Azam (c)
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Rizwan
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Nawaz
Shaheen Afridi
Haris Rauf
Naseem Shah

Bangladesh

Liton Das
Najmul Hossain Shanto
Shakib Al Hasan (C)
Towhid Hridoy
Mushfiqur Rahim
Afif Hossain
Mehidy Hasan
Taskin Ahmed
Mustafizur Rahman
Shoriful Islam
Ebadot Hossain

Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Ibrahim Zadran
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
Shahidullah
Mohammad Nabi
Abdul Rahman
Riaz Hassan
Rashid Khan
Ikram Alikhil
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Fazalhaq Farooqi

Srilanka

Squad Not Announced Yet