NEW DELHI: Cricket’s Asia Cup will switch from the one-day format to Twenty20 next year as the tournament was reduced to very limited overs amid at upcoming T20 world Cup.
The next edition of the regional showpiece will be held as a T20 event for the first time, ahead of the World Twenty20 in India in March-April next year, the official said.
As many as six teams will be the part of the tournament. Then in 2018, it will be a one-day tournament because the 50-overs-a-side World Cup will be played in England in 2019, outgoing Asian Cricket Council (ACC) CEO Ashraful Haq told AFP.
The Asia Cup has been played with the 50-overs-a-side format since it began in 1984.
India and Sri Lanka have won the Asia Cup five times each, while Pakistan has bagged the title twice.
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