The 12th edition of the Asia Cup will be held in Bangladesh during from February 25 to March 7, 2014.
Total five teams taking part in this tournament. The teams are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan. Afghanistan will be making their debut in the Asia Cup.
The tournament ends on March 8, and the ICC World Twenty20 begins on March 21, also in Bangladesh.
MS Dhoni has been ruled out of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh because of a side strain. Virat Kohli will lead India in Dhoni's absence and Dinesh Karthik slots in as the replacement wicketkeeper.
Afghanistan team Squad
Shapoor Zardar, S. Shenwari, Nawroz Mangal, N. Zardan, Mohammad Shehzad(w), Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, I. Dawlatzai, Hamza Hotak, Dawlat Zardan, A. Stanikzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi(c), Afsar Zazai, Shafiqullah.
Bangladesh Team Squad
Mushfiqur Rahim(c/w), Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hossain, Anamul Haque, Sohag Gazi, Shakib Al Hasan, Ziaur Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Naeem Islam, Mohammad Haque, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Al-Amin Hossain, Shamsur Rahman.
India Team Squad
MS Dhoni is out from Asia Cup for his injured. Virat Kohli will lead India in Asia Cup 2014.
Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Ishant Sharma, I. Pandy, Ajinkya Rahane, A. Rayudu, Robindra Jadeja, Virat Aaron, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mohammad Shami.
Pakistan Team Squad
Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah ul Haq(c), Shahid Afridi, Umar akmal(w), Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris sohail, Asad shafiq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Junaid Khan, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti.
Sri Lanka Team Squad
Mathews(c), Kumar Sangakara(w), Tilakaratne Dilshan , Mahela Jayawardene, D. Karunaratne, D. Chandimal, N. Kulasekara, K. Vithanage, A. Priyanjan, S. Senanayake, L. Thirimanne, T. Perera, Lakmal, A. Mendis, T. Dilshan.
