Dates | 27 August – 11 September 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | United Arab Emirates |
Champions | Sri Lanka (6th title) |
Runners-up | Pakistan |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 13 |
Player of the series | Wanindu Hasaranga |
Most runs | Mohammad Rizwan (281) |
Most wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11) |
The 2022 Asia Cup (also known as DP World Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, with the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) during August and September 2022 in the United Arab Emirates.[2][3] Originally scheduled to be held in September 2020, the tournament was postponed in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] It was then rescheduled to take place in June 2021,[5] before being postponed once again.[6] Pakistan was scheduled to host the tournament after retaining the rights to host the 2022 edition.[7] However, in October 2021, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that Sri Lanka would host the tournament in 2022,[8] with Pakistan co-hosting the 2023 edition with the former.[9] India were the defending champions,[10] and were eliminated in the Super Four stage in this edition.[11] Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs in the final, to win their sixth title and their first in T20I format.[12]
On 21 July 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) informed the ACC that they would not be in a position to host the tournament due to the economic and political crisis in the country.[13][14] On 27 July 2022, the ACC confirmed that the tournament would be played in the United Arab Emirates,[15] with Sri Lanka Cricket serving as the tournament's hosts.[16] The fixtures for the tournament were announced on 2 August 2022.[17]