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Native speakers of Urdu are spread across South Asia. [note 1] [11] [12] The vast majority of them are Muslims of the Hindi–Urdu Belt of northern India, [note 2] [13] [14] [15] followed by the Deccani people of the Deccan plateau in south-central India (who speak Deccani Urdu), and most of the Muhajir people of Pakistan.
2023 Asia Cup; Dates: 30 August – 17 September 2023: Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council: Cricket format: One Day International: Tournament format(s) Group round-robin and playoffs: Host(s) Pakistan Sri Lanka: Champions India (8th title) Runners-up Sri Lanka: Participants: 6: Matches: 13: Player of the series: Kuldeep Yadav: Most runs ...
The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against Afghanistan. [1] [2] The dates of the tour was confirmed in July 2023. [3] [4] The tour formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2023 Asia Cup tournament. [5]
In May 2021, the ACC confirmed that there would be no Asia Cup in 2021, with that edition of the tournament deferred until 2023. [42] In October 2021, following a meeting with the ACC, Ramiz Raja confirmed that Pakistan would host the following tournament in 2023, with Sri Lanka hosting the 2022 edition. [43]
Pakistan and Sri Lanka made it to the final while India only won one match against Bangladesh and surprisingly did not qualify for the final for the first time. In the final, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cup for the first time. Yousuf Youhana was the player of the Tournament. The 8th edition took place in Sri Lanka in 2004.
The number of Urdu speakers in India fell 1.5% between 2001 and 2011 (then 5.08 million Urdu speakers), especially in the most Urdu-speaking states of Uttar Pradesh (c. 8% to 5%) and Bihar (c. 11.5% to 8.5%), even though the number of Muslims in these two states grew in the same period. [125]
South Asia is home to several hundred languages, spanning the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It is home to the fourth most spoken language in the world, Hindi–Urdu; the seventh most spoken language, Bengali; and thirteenth most spoken language, Punjabi.
The Pakistan cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July 2022 to play two Test matches against the Sri Lankan cricket team. [1] The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. [2] [3] In April 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that the series would be taking place.