The long -running controversy over the Asia Cup is slowly calming. According to the Crickbz report, the Asia Cup held in India is expected to begin on September 10. However, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has not yet said anything about this.
All Pakistan matches in the tournament will be played in another country ie hybrid model. In such a situation the neutral place may be UAE. Earlier, the tournament was being questioned due to tensions between India and Pakistan. India refused to go to Pakistan at the Champions Trophy held in February. After this, all India matches were played in the UAE.
Learn about the Asia Cup 2025
- The tournament will be played in the T20 format and teams from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and UAE will participate.
- No official decision has been made yet, but the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is expected to make a decision next week.
- The ACC is expected to announce the tournament schedule in the first week of July.
- This time India has been made host country, but for security reasons, there is talk of holding the tournament on a neutral site (UAE).
Tensions between India and Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam Operation Sindoor was conducted by India on May 6-7 following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in April. 26 people were killed in the Pahalgam attack. Operation Sindur is still ongoing. Political relations between the two countries are bad. In such a situation, the possibility of Pakistan's arrival in the Asia Cup has ended. At the same time, questions were also raised about the planning of the tournament. The ACC may officially decide in the first week of July whether it should be shifted to the UAE or planned it on a hybrid model.
Team India matches were played at Neutral Places in the Champions Trophy Team India did not go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy held in February this year. All India matches were held in the UAE, not only, a semifinal and final were also held in the UAE. India won the title by beating New Zealand in the final.
Women ODI World Cup on Hybrid Model The Women's ODI World Cup is being played on the Hybrid model in October. All Pakistan matches will be held in Sri Lanka. Indo-Pakistan women teams will face each other in the league in this tournament. At the same time, Indian women and Pakistan women's teams will clash during the League at the T20 World Cup in England in 2026.
Bilateral series closed after the Mumbai attack
The bilateral series between India and Pakistan has been closed since the 2008 Mumbai attack. Now both teams face each other only in the ICC and ACC tournament. In such a case, whenever there is a India-Pakistan match, cricket fans from around the world have the eyes of the match. In this case, organizers and broadcasters make maximum earnings from the Indo-Pakistan match.
- Team India last traveled to Pakistan in 2008: Team India last traveled to Pakistan in 2008. The Indian team won the 3 Test match series 1-0. There were 2 matches of this series.
- Pakistan came to India to play a bilateral series in 2013: Pakistan last visited India in 2012-13. A bilateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 T20 matches was played in that tour. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, while the T20 series was 1-1.
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