Sylhet to host 2022 Women's Asia Cup

A Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Tuesday (August 23) that the 2022 Women's Asia Cup will be held at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh. The seven group competition will be held from October 1 to 16. "We will have the Asia Cup in Sylhet and as we have effectively facilitated ICC occasions, we are very confident that we can have the competition around there," BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury told Cricket on Tuesday. The 2022 Asia Cup will likewise be the initial time since the 2014 T20 World Cup that Sylhet will have any ladies' global installation. The competition additionally denotes the arrival of ladies' worldwide cricket in the nation considering Bangladesh haven't facilitated any group since Pakistan's visit through the country in October 2018. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE and the hosts are the partaking countries. "We will have games in both the grounds considering seven groups will play and there involves giving rest to the wicket," added Nizamuddin. Bangladesh will expect to hold the Asia Cup title having won a nail-biter against India in the last version in 2018.