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The Asia Cup 2025 will start from September 9, India will face Pakistan on 14 September in the second match after the first match. This match is being discussed the most. Most of the fans want to boycott this match, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has also spoken that it is not right to have this match after the Pahalgam attack. However, the thinking of this match of BCCI seems something else.
The BCCI wants India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup, because the Indian board will also be harmed due to this. Dainik Bhaskar has given this information by quoting two top BCCI officials. According to the report, the Indian board also wants India and Pakistan to have a match in the Asia Cup.
Let us know that after the Pahalgam attack, India Legends also refused to play matches with Pakistan in WCL. The team thought it right to be out of the tournament but maintained the decision not to play with Pakistan in the semi -finals.
Board does not want to give free points to Pakistan
Quoting BCCI officials, Bhaskar said in his report that the team does not want to give 2 points of free to Pakistan. Officials said that Team India can only boycott Pakistan in the Asia Cup, but this will provide 2 points of free to the Pakistan team. Pakistan can reach the finals thanks to these points. Why should we give free points to Pakistan.
India’s dominance in ACC will be weak
The second reason in the report was told that if the Indian team does not play with Pakistan, then the tournament will be flopped. This will also affect the earnings. This will reduce India’s dominance in the Asian Cricket Council and Pakistan can make other countries against India.
BCCI will also be weak in ICC politics
In the third reason, it has been told that this will also weaken the BCCI in ICC politics. If voting is done on any issue, then most of the countries of Asia support the BCCI and it includes Pakistan. India and Pakistan continued to vote in one place for hosting the ICC tournament. If India boycott the match with Pakistan in the Asia Cup, then the position of BCCI in ICC can also weaken.
Broadcaster will suffer a big loss due to cancellation of India-Pakistan match
The BCCI official said in the report that in 2024 the broadcast rights of the next 4 Asia Cup have been sold for about Rs 1500 crore. They have received such a huge price only due to the India vs Pakistan match. Advertising slots for this match are sold for 10 seconds for 10 seconds, while this amount for other matches in India is halved. If India Pakistan match is canceled, then the broadcaster will have to suffer a big loss. This will reduce the reliability of BCCI in the eyes of broadcasters.
So will India-Pakistan match be now in any case?
This is not the case, of course the BCCI is looking at the disadvantage of doing so, but the final decision on this match will also be of the government. The Sports Ministry official told Bhaskar that no instructions have been received about it yet. However, Bihar election campaign will intensify by that time and the pressure on the government will increase not to allow India’s match with Pakistan. It is also likely that India will boycott the match with Pakistan at the last moment.