Asia Cup 2018 has moved from India to UAE

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The UAE is going to host the 2018 Asia Cup that was originally slated to be held in India. The tournament is likely to be played between Sep 13 and 28.

Political tensions between IND and PAK (say something new) has been cited as the reason for the change. "The ACC deliberated on the matter and decided that this was the best way forward," ACC and PCB chairman Najam Sethi said.

In addition, the 2018 Emerging Teams' Asia Cup will be co-hosted by PAK and SL. Originally scheduled for Apr, the tournament has now been moved to Dec.

2018 Asia Cup will feature Full Members IND, PAK, SL, BAN and AFG. The 6th team will be determined via a playoff that includes UAE, Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia and Oman.

Here's the past record:

Year	Format	Host	Winner	Runner-up
1983	ODI	UAE	IND	SL
1985	ODI	SL	SL	PAK
1988	ODI	BAN	IND	SL
1990/91	ODI	IND	IND	SL
1995	ODI	UAE	IND	SL
1997	ODI	SL	SL	IND
2000	ODI	BAN	PAK	SL
2004	ODI	SL	SL	IND
2008	ODI	PAK	SL	IND
2010	ODI	SL	IND	SL
2012	ODI	BAN	PAK	BAN
2014	ODI	BAN	SL	PAK
2016	T20i	BAN	IND	BAN
2018	ODI	UAE

Note: ICC decided that Asia Cup events from 2016 would be played on a rotation basis between ODI and T20i format.