Asia Cup: Full list of champions, hosts and results of each edition | Cricket News – Times of India

The Asia Cup is the continent’s premier worldwide cricket match, first held in 1984 below the banner of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Played alternately within the 50-over and 20-over codecs since 2016 relying on the upcoming ICC world occasion, the competitors has featured the continent’s prime cricketing nations for over three a long time. India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have dominated the match, with the trio sharing all of the titles between them. India leads the charts with eight titles, adopted intently by Sri Lanka with six, whereas Pakistan has lifted the trophy twice. Bangladesh have reached the ultimate on a number of events however are but to win the title. The match has additionally been a stage for intense rivalries, producing memorable contests between India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Notably, Sri Lanka is the one facet to characteristic in each edition thus far. The format of the competitors has advanced over time, with spherical-robin editions within the early years later giving option to knockout finals. In latest years, the T20 format has additionally been adopted, aligning the Asia Cup with the ICC World T20 cycle.

List of all Asia Cup finals

The 2025 edition of the competitors will characteristic 8 groups and will start on September 9, as Afghanistan conflict with Hong Kong. The groups are divided into two teams of 4 groups each, the place each staff will play three matches towards the groups of their group. Defending champions India kick off their match on September 10 towards hosts UAE.