The much-awaited ticket sales for the Asia Cup 2018, at the Dubai International Stadium and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Cricket Stadium has started from August 20.
Meanwhile, this edition of the tournament will commence from September 15. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will square off against each other in the opening encounter. Meanwhile, India will start their campaign on August 17 with the qualifying team.
While defending champions India will be playing their last Test of the England series till September 11, the other teams will arrive in the UAE from September 10.
So far, there have been 13 Asia Cup tournaments starting from 1984. India won the first Asia Cup title beating Sri Lanka and since then went on to win another five. On the other hand, Sri Lanka had won five while Pakistan had managed to win only twice.
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and one qualifier from the Asia Cup qualifiers will be contesting in this edition of the Asia Cup.
Mubashshir Usmani, the ECB’s general secretary admitted that they are striving to make it a memorable event.
“We will strive to make this Asia Cup the most memorable one. We are excited to host the Asia Cup in UAE and will be the biggest cricket event hosted here. And, we are sure to witness epic battles. Thus we are working closely with Dubai and Abu Dhabi to ensure that everything is ready for the success of the event,” he said to Gulf News.
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Ticket sales for Asia Cup 2018 to start on Monday
Tickets for the 2018 Asia Cup will be available via the online booking site Platinumlist and at retail outlets across the UAE.
The organisers revealed that season tickets for both the venues are available at attractive prices. This edition’s Asia Cup will be a 50-over format, unlike the previous edition. All the matches except the final will commence from 3.30pm.