Asia Cup 2012

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While excitement for CB Series 2012, as to who will be playing finals against Australia, is still on, there comes buzz about the Asia Cup 2012 with the controversies surrounding the Team India selection. While Sehwag (and selectors) claim that he has been rested, nobody can buy this statement considering Sehwag's poor run with bat Down Under. Second, Gambhir is still in the team, why suddenly Virat Kohli was made Vice Captain? Anyway, any team selection cannot satisfy 100% of people and there will always be debates going on about what is correct and what is not- till the team wins!

Coming to the facts, following is Indian Squad selected for Asia Cup 2012:

MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda.

Changes from CB Series Squad:

Out: Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Parthiv Patel
In: Yusuf Pathan, Ashok Dinda

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Schedule of Asia Cup 2012:


1st Match - Bangladesh v Pakistan
Sunday March 11th, 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

2nd Match - India v Sri Lanka
Tuesday March 13th, 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

3rd Match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Thurday March 15th 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

4th Match - Bangladesh v India
Friday March 16th 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

5th Match - India v Pakistan
Sunday March 18th 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

6th Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Tuesday March 20th 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Final - Finalist 1 v Finalist 2
Thursday March 22th 08:00 GMT | 14:00 local | 13:30 IST
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

This series, played between giants of Asia- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and giant killer Bangladesh, promises to be exciting Cricket tournament. Currently, India and Sri Lanka are fighting neck to neck and India vs Pakistan will just add spices to the already delicious series. (Find out last Asia Cups highlights: India vs Sri Lanka, India vs Pakistan)

By the way, why is Sachin Tendulkar playing this series? Generally, in the last two years, he has not played in subcontinent except for the World Cup 2011 which Indians won. There is one popular theory- he has been given a chance (!) to complete his much awaited 100th ton. Or- wait for this- this is my guess- can this be his last ODI series and he might announce a big news after this series? Nobody knows, do you?