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The official schedule is still awaited, but the final match will be played on 21 September. A total of 6 teams will participate in the tournament – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Host UAE.
Delhi: The Asia Cup 2025 is likely to start from 4 or 5 September. This tournament will be played in T20 format. According to reports, this time the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can get the responsibility of hosting.
India-Pakistan collision on 7 September
The biggest match of the tournament will be played between India and Pakistan on 7 September in Dubai. The special thing is that on this ground, both teams also came face to face in the group stage of ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Final match and tournament format
Although the official schedule is still awaited, the final match will be played on 21 September. A total of 6 teams will participate in the tournament – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Host UAE. This tournament will be played in group stage and Super Four Format. In such a situation, a match can be seen between India and Pakistan twice.
Doubt about the match and then consent
Earlier there were reports that India would not become a part of the tournament due to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and the operation that started after that. There was doubt on the match between India and Pakistan due to increasing tension. But now it is believed that the match will be played at neutral venue i.e. neutral place.
India’s performance in the last Asia Cup
India is the defending champion of this tournament. Last time India won the title by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets. The tournament was played in ODI format. In that tournament, India defeated Pakistan badly in Colombo. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored centuries and India scored 356 runs. After this, due to the brilliant bowling of Kuldeep Yadav, Pakistan collapsed for 128 runs and India won by 228 runs.
Indo-Pak clash in Champions Trophy in 2025
Earlier this year, the Champions Trophy 2025 was held between India and Pakistan in Dubai. Pakistan scored 241 runs while batting first. India won the match with six wickets on the basis of Kohli’s brilliant century. Pakistan could not win a single match in the tournament while India won the Champions Trophy trophy.
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