Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan performs a shot throughout a ICC Champions Trophy match on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium, Dubai, UAE on February 23, 2025. — Reuters
As cricket followers are eagerly ready for the schedule of Asia Cup 2025, it has come to mild that the match is prone to begin on September 5 with the high-voltage conflict between Pakistan and India due on September 7 in Dubai, a report revealed in Occasions of India claimed on Wednesday.
Other than the September 7 group stage match, the 2 arch-rivals are prone to once more tackle one another on September 14 in a Tremendous 4 fixture — as per the preliminary schedule.
The media experiences come because the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) — which is alleged to have virtually finalised the 17-day window for the match — is anticipated to unveil a schedule for the Asia Cup 2025 within the first week of July, as this key improvement reveals a shift from earlier uncertainty pushed by India-Pakistan tensions.
The upcoming match is prone to be held beneath a hybrid mannequin, much like the 2023 version.
The UAE continues to stay the frontrunner to host the match, though there’s additionally some dialogue round staging it in a hybrid format, the report mentioned.
Whereas India is the designated host this time, the ACC had earlier determined that when it’s India or Pakistan’s flip to host the Asia Cup, the match can be held in a impartial venue — for comprehensible causes, it added.
In 2023, Pakistan was the official host, however as a result of political tensions, India opted to play all of its matches in Sri Lanka beneath a hybrid internet hosting association.
Due to this fact, the match is anticipated to be held solely within the UAE or observe a hybrid mannequin as soon as once more, with six groups confirmed to take part being Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the UAE.
As per the Occasions of India, the ultimate of the match will happen on September 21.
