Asia Cup 2018: Full squad, players list of all participating teams

Asia Cup 2018 is set to take the centre stage after the recently concluded high octane India tour of England.  Asia Cup 2018 will take place in UAE from September 15 to 28. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong will lock horns for Asia’s biggest cricketing trophy. The much-awaited Asia Cup 2018 is already exciting the cricketing fraternity due to the mother of all matches – India vs Pakistan – on September 19. The tournament was played in T20 format in 2016, however, it is back to the 50-over format for this edition.

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The Rohit Sharma-led Men in Blue are touted as front-runners to lift the cup, but are without regular skipper and talisman Virat Kohli. India have bagged the Asia Cup six times in the history of the tournament while Sri Lanka have won it five times.

India are the defending champions as the MS Dhoni-led side defeated Bangladesh in the finals by eight wickets in 2016.

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Asia Cup 2018: Complete squads of all the six participating teams:

India

Indian squad for Asian Games 2018: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, K Khaleel Ahmed

Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews (captain), Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Dhanajaya de Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Dilruwan Perera, Amila Aponso, Kasun Rajitha, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera and Lasith Malinga.

Pakistan

Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir 

Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Hider Rony, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque 

Afghanistan

Asghar Afghan(c), Mohammad Shahzad, Ihsanullah Janat, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad, Sayed Shirzad, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Yamin Ahmadzai

Hong Kong

Anshuman Rath(c), Aizaz Khan, Babar Hayat, Cameron McAulsan, Christopher Carter, Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Arshad Mohammad, Kinchit Shah, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Raag Kapur, Scott McKechnie, Tanveer Ahmed, Tanwir Afzal, Waqas Khan, Aftab Hussain