Asia Cup 2010 played in Sri Lanka. Find the information about fixtures and schedule of 10th cricket Asia Cup 2010. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh participate in Asia Cup 2010 in Srilanka. Asian Cricket Council has announced the schedule of 2010 Asia Cup, which will be held in the month of June. As per the Asian Cricket Council, seven ODIs will be played between June 15 and 25 in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is defending champion of Asia cup. Sri Lanka won last Asia Cup in 2009 by defeating India in Pakistan. Asia cup 2010 will be the 10th Asia Cup tournament. Asia cup is conducted by Asian Cricket Council (ACC) every year.

Next year’s tournament will run from the 15th to the 25th of June, and will be the 10th edition of the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka are the current holders of the trophy, after beating India in the final in June 2008. Both teams have won the tournament four times, the first edition of which was held in 1984 in Sharjah.

Asia Cup Cricket 2010 kicks off from 15 June in Sri Lanka. Four test playing countries from Asia: Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh- will take part in the tournament. Though the tournament is named Asia Cup, all the participating teams are particularly from South Asia. Asia Cup 2010 will be the 10th edition of the tournament since its inception in 1984.
Schedule of Asia Cup 2010:

Date Competing Teams Time Venue
June 15
Mon

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
June 16
Mon

Bangladesh vs India GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
June 18
Mon

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
June 19
Mon

India vs Pakistan GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
June 21
Mon

Bangladesh vs Pakistan GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
June 22
Mon

Sri Lanka vs India GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
June 24
Mon

Final
(TBC vs TBC)

GMT 09:00;
Local 14:30
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Four teams will play against each other once in a round robin league system. Two teams in terms of highest points achieved would progress to the final which is scheduled to take place on 24 June. All the matches of the tournament will be day-night and held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is the defending champion for the 2 tournaments now, and another success this year will make it a hat-trick of Asia Cup title. India and Sri Lanka both won the tournament on 4 occasions each, and thus, becoming the most successful teams in Asia Cup.

Pakistan’s only success in Asia Cup came in 1986 when Sri Lanka hosted the tournament for the first time. Sri Lanka already has the experience of organizing Asia Cup for 3 times, highest in the tournament.

This year, Sri Lanka would like to retain the title by capitalizing on their home advantage. Their recent form in ODI is pretty much satisfactory. They won the tri-nation series in Bangladesh earlier this year defeating India in the final. Sri Lanka also reached the semi final of the twenty20 world cup 2010.

India’s recent form may not be that great, but the ‘men in blue’ would try to win the tournament this year. Though India was the losing finalists of the lat 2 tournaments, they could not win the Asia Cup title since 1995.

Pakistan’s recent form in ODI is disappointing. They were whitewashed by Australia in a 5-match ODI series earlier this year. Moreover, they failed to defend their twenty20 world cup title recently.

Bangladesh would start the tournament with underdog’s tag. They lost to New Zealand and England in the ODI series this year, and their twenty20 world cup performance was not satisfactory either. However, they will be looking to cause upsets, and if possible a place in the Asia Cup 2010 final.