Sri Lanka to co-host Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018 with Pakistan

28 Nov, 2018

Sri Lanka will co-host the ?Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018?, along with Pakistan, which will have 8 teams, competing in two groups.

Sri Lanka will host the group ??A?? matches, knockout stage matches and the finals of the tournament; while Pakistan will host the group ??B?? matches.

The Group ?A;? of the tournament consists of Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan and Oman; whilst the Group ?B? consist of Pakistan, Bangladesh; UAE and Hong Kong.

The tournament will kick start with Group ?B? games commencing on the 06^th?December in Pakistan, while the matches in Sri Lanka will commence on the 07^th?December.

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