The 2018 Asia Cup also known as Unimoni Asia Cup was a ODI tournament that was held in the in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the and the third time the tournament was played in the United Arab Emirates, after the and tournaments. Asia Cup 2018 Dates 15—28 September 2018 Administrator s Cricket format Tournament format s and Host s Champions 7th title Runners-up Participants 6 Matches played 13 Player of the series Most runs 342 Most wickets 10 10 10 Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played in India. It was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan. On 29 October 2015, following the ACC meeting in , the BCCI secretary stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. In August 2017, the BCCI sought government clearance to host the tournament, after the was moved to Malaysia. In April 2018, , the Crown Prince of , asked if the BCCI and ACC would consider hosting the tournament in Abu Dhabi, in a bid to ensure Pakistan's participation. Pakistan were scheduled to host the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup ahead of the tournament in April. With the announcement that the Asia Cup would be played in the United Arab Emirates, the Emerging Teams Asia Cup was moved to December 2018, with Sri Lanka scheduled to co-host the tournament with Pakistan. The schedule and format of the tournament was announced on 24 July 2018, with the six teams split into two groups of three. The top two teams from each of the groups progressed to the Super Four section of the tournament. From there, the top two teams of the Super Four section played each other in the final. Initially, the team that finishes second in Group A were scheduled to play their first Super Four game in Abu Dhabi. However, India would be based in Dubai, irrespective of where they finish in the pool. On 19 September 2018, the ACC revised the schedule for the Super Four section The captains of Bangladesh and Pakistan were both critical of the ACC's new schedule. They were replaced by and respectively. Bangladesh's suffered a wrist injury in the opening match and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. After the conclusion of the India-Pakistan match in the group stage, , and were all ruled out of India's squad for the rest of the tournament due to injuries. They were replaced by , and. At the Super Four stage of the tournament, and were added to Bangladesh's squad. It was Bangladesh's first match in the United Arab Emirates since April 1995, when they faced in the. In Group B, Sri Lanka were eliminated from the tournament, after losing both of their matches. Therefore and Bangladesh progressed to the Super Four section of the competition. In Group A, also lost both of their matches, meaning that and Pakistan progressed to the Super Fours. Group A In the penultimate round of Super Four matches, India beat Pakistan by nine wickets and Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by three runs. Therefore, India progressed to the final of the tournament and Afghanistan were eliminated. In the final Super Four match, Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 37 runs to advance to the final. In India's last Super Four match, against Afghanistan, captain and vice-captain were both rested for the match. Dhoni became the oldest player to lead India in an ODI. The match finished in a , the first time this had occurred in the Asia Cup. It was also the first time that Afghanistan were involved in a. Retrieved 27 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017. The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
