The arch-rivals Pakistan and India are set to clank again after their current meeting in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has apparently finalized the window for the future Asia Cup.
Allowing to Indian media, the Asia Cup 2025, which is set to be played in T20 association, will be played in September. The highly estimated inland tournament is set to feature a total of up to 19 matches; though, the venue has not been confirmed yet.
The tournament was initially scheduled to be played in India, but the decision to reposition it to a impartial venue retired from the complex undercurrents between India and Pakistan.
The ACC officials are supposedly considering between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with the BCCI remaining the nominated hosts, to avoid any pressures between Pakistan and India.
For the unskilled, the Indian government cancelled to send its cricket team to Pakistan for the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025, forcing the climax cricketing body to assume a mixture model, with Team India playing their games in Dubai.
Temporarily, Pakistan will play their games in Sri Lanka during the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, set to be presented byย the BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
Asia Cup 2025 will feature eight teams, includingย Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, UAE, Oman, and Hong Kong, besides India and Pakistan.
The eight teams will be divided into two groups, with the highest two teams from each group progressing to the Super Four stage. The best teams from the Super Four will then contest in the final.
This format agreements at least two matches between Pakistan and India, with a prospect of a third if both teams qualify for the final.
There are four Asia Cups scheduled in the current phase, which ends in 2031. After the 2025 edition, which will feature 19 matches, the 2027 version will take place in Bangladesh and consist of 13 matches in the ODI format.
This will be followed by a T20 format competition in 2029, hosted by the PCB but played in a neutral country and highlighting 19 matches. Finally, the 2031 edition will be seized in Sri Lanka in the ODI format, consisting of 13 matches.
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