MUMBAI: India will host the next edition of the Afro Asia Cup in cricket next year in Mohali. The rights for the event are with Nimbus.

Media reports indicate that The Afro-Asia Cup was launched two years ago but not held after that because of the packed schedule of India and the other teams.

In 2008 the event will be held in Kenya.

When the event was held in 2005 South African cricketer Jacques Kallis had criticised the event saying that he was not as excited about participating in it as he is when playing for South Africa. Also the fact that some top players had made themselves unavailable meant that the event lost some of its sheen.