The 2023 Asia Cup has gotten underway and will serve as a tune-up competition for the World Cup in October. This six-team ODI contest is split into two groups for the first stage, with each team playing the others in its group once. After this, the top two teams in each group will advance to the Super 4 stage. The four teams to advance to this stage will play each other once and the top two teams will advance to the final.
There’s one small wrinkle in the seeding for the stages. Pakistan and India are pre-seeded as A1 and A2, while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are pre-seeded as B1 and B2. These seeds will only change if Nepal or Afghanistan advance to the Super 4. Basically, India and Bangladesh will remain A2 and B2 even if they finish at the top of their group. This is because the first Super 4 match between seeds A1 and B2 is scheduled to play in Lahore.
Group Stage
Group A
Pakistan, 1-0, 3 points (one no result)
India, 1-0, 3 points (one no result)
Nepal, 0-2, 0 points
Group B
Sri Lanka, 2-0, 4 points
Bangladesh, 1-1, 2 points
Afghanistan, 0-2, 0 points
Super 4
India, 2-1, 4 points
Sri Lanka, 2-1, 4 points
Pakistan, 1-2, 2 points
Bangladesh, 1-2, 2 points
Final
India vs. Sri Lanka