[4] The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council took part in the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

[5] Hong Kong had lost their ODI status after finishing tenth in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in March.

[11] In August 2017, the BCCI sought government clearance to host the tournament, after the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup was moved to Malaysia.

[13] Pakistan were scheduled to host the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup ahead of the tournament in April.

[15] Initially, the team that finishes second in Group A were scheduled to play their first Super Four game in Abu Dhabi.

[28][29] Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal suffered a wrist injury in the opening match and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament.

[30] After the conclusion of the India-Pakistan match in the group stage, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, and Shardul Thakur were all ruled out of India's squad for the rest of the tournament due to injuries.

[31] At the Super Four stage of the tournament, Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes were added to Bangladesh's squad.

MS Dhoni was named captain of the side in their absence, and became the first cricketer to lead India 200 times in ODIs.