The Asia Cup featuring India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE and Hong Kong would be held in Pakistan from August 23 to Sepember 7 next year under a new format.

The official news agency, APP said as per the rule all the matches would be day and night fixtures and will be played at Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.

The teams were divided into two pools with Pakistan, Bangladesh and UAE in pool A, while India pitted with Sri Lanka and Hong Kong is in Pool B.

The top two teams from each pool would move into the super league where each team will play the four other sides. The top two teams will play the final to be played on September 7, it said.

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