Bangladesh Will Host 2012 Asia Cup

By Faisal Naeem on Monday, 13th December 2010

In the official meeting of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in Dhaka it is decided that hosting of 2012 Asia cup will be conducted by Bangladesh. Syed Ashraful Huq, CEO of the ACC said that they are happy after the decision that 2012 will be played in Bangladesh. After getting the honor of organizing the Asia cup in 2012 there is celebration is Bangladesh.

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are three cricket playing Asian countries. Shahriar Khan, media manager of the ACC said that it seems that Asian block will be extended soon as Afghanistan team will be the stronger contender in the near future.

There are many offers for the hosting of Asia cup and China was also showing its intention to host the event for the first time but there is still some reservation for its infrastructure. They are lacking proper infrastructure for cricket as there is no flood lights and night cricket is also not possible there. China hold Asian games cricket in the city of Guangzhou in southern China. The grounds were good and there were good T-20 matches on the ground. India is defending Asian Champions as they defeated Sri Lanka in the final of last years Asia Cup.

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