Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (left) and India’s Hardik Pandya work together throughout their ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 match on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Floor in New York on June 9, 2024. — ICC
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday introduced the venues and match timings of much-anticipated Asia Cup, slated to be held from September 9 to twenty-eight within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Taking to his X deal with, ACC chairman Naqvi mentioned that the eight-team match will likely be performed throughout two venues within the UAE – Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium and Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Cricket Stadium will host eight Asia Cup 2025 matches, together with one Tremendous Fours conflict on September 23.
The vast majority of the continental match’s matches, nonetheless, will likely be performed on the Dubai stadium, together with the blockbuster Pakistan-India conflict on September 14 and the highly-anticipated last on September 28.
All the matches will begin at 6 PM as per the Gulf Commonplace Time, aside from the September 15 conflict between the UAE and Oman.
The upcoming version of the continental match will likely be performed in T20 format, serving as a preparatory occasion for the T20 World Cup 2026, which will likely be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka in February.
A complete of eight groups, divided into two teams, will vie for the celebrated title. Fierce rivals Pakistan and India are positioned in Group A, alongside UAE and Oman, whereas Group B options Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong.
The eight-team match will get underway on September 9 with a curtain-raiser between Afghanistan and Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan, however, will begin their marketing campaign towards Oman on September 12 earlier than taking over arch-rivals India on September 14.
The inexperienced shirts’ remaining group-stage match is scheduled on September 17 towards hosts UAE.
Upon completion of the group stage, the highest two groups from every pool will qualify for the Tremendous 4, that means Pakistan and India could face one another as soon as extra within the Asia Cup on September 21.
The highest two groups within the standings after the conclusion of the Tremendous 4 stage will qualify for the ultimate, scheduled to be performed on September 28.
Full schedule of ACC Males’s Asia Cup 2025
9 September: Afghanistan vs Hong Kong
10 September: India vs UAE
11 September: Bangladesh vs Hong Kong
12 September: Pakistan vs Oman
13 September: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
14 September: India vs Pakistan
15 September: UAE vs Oman
15 September: Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong
16 September: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan
17 September: Pakistan vs UAE
18 September: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan
19 September: India vs Oman
Tremendous 4 Stage:
September 20: B1 vs B2
September 21: A1 vs A2
September 23: A2 vs B1
September 24: A1 vs B2
September 25: A2 vs B2
September 26: A1 vs B1
September 28: Last
