(Left to proper) Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, and India’s Suryakumar Yadav poses photograph with trophy forward of the graduation of the ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, September 9, 2025. — Fb/@AsianCricketCouncil
DUBAI: Regardless of the worldwide hype, the sale of tickets for the Asia Cup 2025’s marquee conflict between arch-rivals Pakistan and India was low which led to the organisers to slash the costs.
The high-octane rivalry between Pakistan and India will as soon as once more take middle stage on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday, September 14.
Customary tickets, initially priced at 475 dirhams, have been decreased to 350 dirhams following fan complaints over excessive prices. Premium enclosures are the slowest to promote, with many seats nonetheless unsold lower than every week earlier than the match.
Organisers expressed shock on the slower-than-expected demand for what’s historically one of many most-watched sporting occasions worldwide.
India enter the competition on the again of a commanding nine-wicket win over the UAE of their opening match. The boys in blue bowled out the UAE for simply 57 runs and chased the entire in solely 4.3 overs.
Earlier than going through India on Sunday, Pakistan will kick off their marketing campaign in opposition to Oman on the identical venue on Friday.
Traditionally, India and Pakistan have confronted one another 13 occasions in T20 cricket, with India successful 10 encounters and Pakistan securing three victories.
Their most up-to-date assembly got here on February 23 throughout the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai, the place India triumphed by six wickets.
Pakistan squad: Salman Agha (capt), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
