The 2012 Asia Cup has been rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the ODI tri-series in Australia that also includes Sri Lanka and India, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has announced.
After due consultation with all the participating Boards and host Bangladesh, the dates of the 11th Asia Cup had changed, a statement issued by the ACC said.
The tournament originally was supposed to be played from March 1 to 11 in Dhaka, Bangladesh but with the tri-series ending on March 8, the tournament would now be played from March 12 to 22, while the venue for the event will remain unchanged.
The 2012 Asia Cup will be the 11th edition of the tournament that has had something of a rocky existence, being played at irregular intervals and tacked on as an afterthought to the already jam-packed schedules of the big four teams of Asian cricket – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India were the defending champions after beating Sri Lanka in the final of the 2010 edition in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.