The 17th edition of the Asia Cup (ASIA CUP 2025) will start from 9 September and will be played at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) till 28 September. This tournament was first organized in 1984 and in the last 41 years, there have been strange incidents in the Asia Cup history. Here you will find information about the five biggest controversies that have been in the history of Biggest Controversies in Asia Cup.

1986 Asia Cup: India did not play

The year 1986, the second edition of the Asia Cup, which was hosted by Sri Lanka. In those days, there was a civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The Government of India had decided not to send its team to Sri Lanka for security reasons.

1990 Asia Cup: Pakistan boycott

In 1989, the Indian team went on a Pakistani tour, shortly after which the relations between the two countries started deteriorating. India hosted the Asia Cup next year, but due to deteriorating relations, Pakistan did not go to India and boycott the Asia Cup 1990.

2010 Asia Cup: Gautam Gambhir and Kamran Akmal’s fight

India-Pakistan match was being held in the 2010 Asia Cup, in which Kamran Akmal was repeatedly appealed. Meanwhile, when Shahid Afridi’s ball came out of Gambhir’s bat, Akmal again appealed. Gambhir got angry at this and there was an argument between the two on the ground. Both had a strong debate, which was pacified by the umpires by intervening.

2010 Asia Cup: Battle of Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar

In the death overs of the India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup 2010, Shoaib Akhtar was throwing bouncers in trouble by throwing bouncers in trouble, after which the debate of both started. At the same time, in the last over, Harbhajan gave India a victory by placing six. Harbhajan was celebrating victory in a very passionate manner, while Akhtar turned his face after making ‘V’ sign.

2016 Asia Cup: Dhoni’s head

The final of the 2016 Asia Cup was played between India and Bangladesh, in which Team India had an easy win by 8 wickets. But before that match, a photo went viral, in which Taskin Ahmed has taken MS Dhoni’s head in his hands. There was a lot of ruckus on this photo.

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The Asia Cup 2025 is going to be held in September. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has not officially confirmed this, but according to reports the Asia Cup will be held till September 5-21 September. 8 teams including India and Pakistan will participate in this tournament. India vs Pakistan Match (IND vs Pak Asia Cup) has not yet come updated, but this question is definitely being asked whether Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play in the Asia Cup?

Will Rohit-Virat play in Asia Cup or not?

The Asia Cup was last held in the year 2023. At that time the tournament was played in ODI format, but this time the matches will be played in T20 format. Therefore, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will not play in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, as both have retired from T20 format. Virat and Rohit announced his retirement from T20 cricket after a historic victory in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were last seen playing in the Indian jersey in the Champions Trophy 2025. On 9 March 2025, Team India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final of the Champions Trophy. A few days later, during the IPL 2025, both of them also took retirement from Test format and brought a stir in the cricket world.

How many times has India won the Asia Cup?

The Asia Cup was organized for the first time in the year 1984, after which a total of 16 times the Asia Cup has been organized. India, which has won this tournament the most often, has won the Trophy of Asia Cup, a total of 8 times. Even the defending champions are India, which defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final of the 2023 Asia Cup. Apart from this, Sri Lanka has won this tournament 6 times and Pakistan twice.

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