Asia Cup 2022: India has suffered a major setback before the Asia Cup, which is going to start in UAE from 27 August. Team head coach Rahul Dravid has been found corona infected and according to media reports he will not be able to participate in the Asia Cup.

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Team’s difficulties increased due to Rahul Dravid being Corona positive :-

The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma was scheduled to leave today to participate in the Asia Cup. However, after the coach was found positive, difficulties have increased for the team for the upcoming tournament. Because only after the Asia Cup, the Indian squad was going to be selected for the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia.

Dravid was selected as the head coach of India in November 2021 :-

Former India batsman Rahul Dravid was elected India’s head coach in November 2021. Recently he was rested ahead of India’s tour of Zimbabwe. VVS Laxman was appointed the coach of the team for this tour in his place. Under the leadership of KL Rahul, India made a 3-0 clean sweep against Zimbabwe.

Dravid along with Rohit made a lot of changes in the way India plays T20 cricket :-

Coach Rahul Dravid along with skipper Rohit Sharma has changed the way India plays T20 cricket after being knocked out in the group stage in the T20 World Cup last year and the team has got good results.

But coach Dravid being Kovid positive before leaving for the Asia Cup is not good news for the team. It is not yet confirmed whether Rahul Dravid will accompany the team for the Asia Cup or he has been ruled out of the tournament.

6 teams including India will participate in Asia Cup 2022 :-

6 teams including India will participate in this tournament starting from 27th August. India, Pakistan and the team that won the qualifying tournament are in Group A, while Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are in Group B. All matches will start at 6 pm local time (7.30 pm IST).

There will be ten matches in Dubai and three in Sharjah. The qualifying round to determine the sixth team in the competition will begin on 20 August in Oman. The teams competing for a place in Group A along with India and Pakistan are UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Asia Cup 2022: Each team will play the other two teams in their group once each:

In the main competition, each team will play the other two teams in their group once each. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 4 round starting on 3 September. The teams from the Super 4 round will play each other once each, with the top two teams qualifying for the final to be held on 11 September.

This edition of the Asia Cup was scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka. But was shifted to the UAE last month due to the economic crisis. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will continue to be the official host of the tournament.

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Indian team for Asia Cup :-

Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda; Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.

Backup Players for Asia Cup :-

Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar