Asia Cup 2023: 5 Oldest Players in the tournament

The Asia Cup 2023, to be played in ODI format this time around, is just a couple of days away. With the ODI World Cup 2023 set to follow the continental tournament, Asian teams would be hoping to do well and get into the world tournament with surging confidence. The Asia Cup 2023 will begin on August 30 and will be hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India, Pakistan, and Nepal have been put in Group A, while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are in Group B. A total of 13 matches will be played, which includes six league matches, six Super 4 matches, and a final. Pakistan and India were seeded as A1 & A2 While Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were seeded as B1 & B2. In case Nepal and Afghanistan qualify for the Super Four stage, they will take the slot of the team knocked out (Pakistan or India in Group A and Sri Lanka or Bangladesh in Group B). A lot of familiar faces will be participating in the tournament and while younger players are preferred by teams nowadays, there is no alternative for experience. There will be lots of players on the other side of 30 who will be playing in the Asia Cup 2023. Here are the five oldest players in Asia Cup 2023: 5. Virat Kohli (IND) - 34 years Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Twitter) Former India captain Virat Kohli is 34 years old, made his first appearance in the Asia Cup in the 2010 edition, and since then has played in almost every edition of the tournament. Kohli holds the record for the highest individual score in Asia Cup history when he made 183 against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2012 in Mirpur. This helped India chase down the 330-run target with 6 wickets in hand. Kohli has played 11 matches in the Asia Cup and made 613 runs with 3 fifties and one century to his name. The star India batter would be looking to emulate his form of the past and help India clinch the continental trophy. 4. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) - 36 years Shakib Al Hasan. (Photo Source: Twitter) 36-year-old Shakib Al Hasan will captain Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2023 after Tamim Iqbal stepped down from captaincy. Thus far, he has played 13 matches and scored 402 runs with 3 fifties to his name and has picked 19 wickets with the ball. Hasan is widely considered to be the greatest cricketer produced by Bangladesh and he hopes that he can lead the Tigers to the Asia Cup title to win this year, after losing in the finals thrice. Despite his age, Shakib continues to perform at the highest level and would hope to get Bangladesh deep into the Asia Cup 2023. Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) - 36 years Mushfiqur Rahim. (Photo Source: ICC) Shakib’s compatriot and former Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has also been named in the ODI squad for the Asia Cup 2023 tournament. The diminutive keeper-batter has played 251 ODIs, scoring 7257 runs with 9 centuries at an average of 37.21. He has also played 86 Tests and 102 T20Is for Bangladesh and along with Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan, remains one of the few players who made their debut in 2007 to still continue playing for the Tigers. Well, at 36 years old, Mushfiqur would love to have a multi-nation tournament title to his name, and Asia Cup 2023 would be the best chance to realize that dream. Rohit Sharma (IND) - 36 years Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: ICC) India's captain Rohit Sharma would want to replicate the 2018 Asia Cup success in this edition as well. Sharma had captained the Indian side in the absence of Virat Kohli in that edition of the Asia Cup in UAE and took the Men in Blue to the title, keeping the side unbeaten throughout. Now aged 36, this might be the final time Rohit plays in the Asia Cup, especially in the 50 overs format and he would love to win it once again and go into the ODI World Cup tournament with great momentum. Mohammad Nabi (AFG) - 38 years Mohammad Nabi (Image source: Twitter) Former Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi will be the oldest player in Asia Cup 2023 with an age of 38 years. Nabi had stepped down as Afghanistan captain after the loss in the T20 World Cup 2022 but has continued to play in international cricket in white-ball formats. He has a formidable record with 3085 runs in 145 ODIs with one century and 15 fifties and he has also taken 154 wickets with a best of 4/30. Nabi will be looking to help Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Group B and proceed to the Super Fours round to have a chance to win the Asia Cup trophy.

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Asia Cup 2023: 5 Oldest Players in the tournament

These players, despite their age, have been included in the Asia Cup 2023 squad on the back of their brilliant form and experience.

Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) - 36 years

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