After nearly months of speculation around Asia Cup, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday announced that the tournament will be staged in a hybrid model with four games in Pakistan and nine in Sri Lanka from August 31 to September 17. The deadlock over its venue was broken last week when Jay Shah-led ACC accepted Pakistan Cricket Board`s hybrid model of conducting four non-India games in Pakistan.

The hybrid model was proposed as the BCCI had made it clear that it won`t send its team to Pakistan due to the longstanding geo political tensions between the two countries.