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The Asia Cup 2025 is organized in uncertainty. Due to political tension between India and Pakistan, the tournament has been hosted, team participation and doubt at the place. The PCB has started preparations for the option while the BCCI has confirmed playing in the tournament.
Delhi: According to the scheduled program, the next Asia Cup tournament is to be held in September this year and no longer from that perspective to play this. Even then the current truth is that speculation about this tournament is more in discussion than an official statement. It is not hidden from anyone that due to political tension between India and Pakistan, the effect is coming on this tournament and it is facing strange uncertainty.
A few days ago, the matter became more entangled during the England-India headingley Test. In fact, during the Test, a sponsored video was released for the publicity of the Asia Cup, in which the promo had faces from India (Suryakumar Yadav), Sri Lanka (Charit Asananka) and Bangladesh (Najmul Hussain Shanto) but the mention of Pakistan was missing. So is Pakistan not playing in the Asia Cup, whereas there was no such news before.
Asia Cup implicated due to India-Pakistan case 2025
Due to this, the case of this tournament got stuck in new questions. India is officially host, this time the issue of host has not been easy due to the agreement between India and Pakistan in the hybrid model. This time it has to be played in T20 format so that the T20 World Cup for the teams to be prepared for 2026. There is no big tournament like the Asia Cup, a World Cup, so BCCI did not discuss any special discussion on the issue of the event and from the beginning there was talk of playing in a neutral ground. It was said that India will organize it in UAE or Sri Lanka, in the right to host.
In March this year, the tournament program was also made, according to which the India-Pakistan match will be the main attraction of the tournament and if both of them played the finals, it will mean to play three matches among themselves in the tournament. This is the reason that on social media, the tournament was also named the ‘India-Pakistan T20 Series’, in which the matches between the rest of the team will be fitted in between. This time, Oman and Hong Kong also have to play by increasing the count of the team.
Tension increased after Pahalgam terror attack
After that, due to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the tension between these two countries has increased so much that playing among themselves is not in the discussion. This is the reason why India added Sri Lanka together for the Women’s World Cup. The first news about the Asia Cup was that India will not play, but the BCCI made it clear quickly, there is no intention of not playing in the Asia Cup. The BCCI knows that the Asia Cup will be a commercial success only by the play of Team India and how important is the share of its profits for the small countries of Asia to increase cricket there.
All this is fine, but where to play, it has not been decided? Different speculation and news are getting confused and complicated. It is reported from Pakistan media that the PCB has started arrangements for the option of not having a tournament. They are making a triangular program. If the Asia Cup happened in the UAE, then they will play triangular with Afghanistan and the UAE and if the Asia Cup is not there, then it will play it in Pakistan.
The BCCI is silent and without any indication from them, Mohsin Naqvi, Chief of the Asian Cricket Council, is unable to say anything. So so far, the fate of the 2025 Asia Cup is Danwadol. If the Asia Cup 2025 was canceled or India did not play, then it will be a big setback for Asian cricket. Then the official broadcaster Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) of the tournament may also break its $ 170 million contract with ACC. They know what will be saved in the tournament in the name of attraction by not playing the Indian team?
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