Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has targeted the organizers of the Asia Cup. The Afghan team is kept in Group B and all its matches will be played in Abu Dhabi, but Rashid Khan is angry that his team’s stay has been arranged in Dubai, while his matches will be played in Abu Dhabi. The tournament is going to start with the match of Afghanistan today, in which it will face Hong Kong.

The press conference was held before the start of Asia Cup 2025. In this, Rashid Khan said that it is not right to live in Dubai and the team’s match in Abu Dhabi. The distance of Dubai International Stadium from Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi) is more than 100 kilometers. Therefore, the Afghanistan team will have to travel more than 200 km for every match.

Rashid Khan is angry

Afghanistan team is staying in Dubai. At the same time, when the matches were held in Abu Dhabi, Rashid Khan said, “It is not right to play in Abu Dhabi and stay in Dubai for all three matches. But we have to accept the circumstances due to being a professional cricketer.”

Rashid Khan says that when the players go down to represent the country on the field, they forget everything else. He told that once he went to America from Bangladesh, where he had to play the match soon after getting off the flight.

I am feeling sleepy…

On the other hand, Sri Lankan captain Charith Asanka also appeared angry with the Asia Cup schedule. The Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe series ended on 7 September. Actually, after the recent series, she got very little time for rest, due to which she is feeling very sleepy.

Actuals said that the team needs holidays. It is very difficult to directly come to Dubai from the series against Zimbabwe. Seeing fatigue and heat in the UAE, Sri Lankan captain is expecting a good performance in the Asia Cup from himself and his players as well.

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The countdown of the Asia Cup has started, the tournament must have started within a week. The first match of Asia Cup 2025 will be played on 9 September between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. For the first time, 8 teams will be participating in this Asian tournament. Team India will field as the defending champion, whose eyes will be on their ninth title. Let us tell you that Team India is going to play its first match on 10 September.

First of all, let us know that all 8 countries are divided into two groups of four each. India, Pakistan, Oman and UAE have got a place in Group A. At the same time, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Afghanistan have been kept in Group B.

When will India-Pakistan match be held?

India and Pakistan matches will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 14 September in the Asia Cup. So far, India and Pakistan have clashed 18 times in the Asia Cup history, in which 10 times Team India has won. Pakistan won 6 times and no result of their 2 Asia Cup matches could be yielded.

Full schedule of india

India will play its first match in the Asia Cup with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 10 September. After that there will be a clash with Pakistan on 14 September and India will compete with Oman in the last match of Group A.

• September 10 – India vs UAE
• September 14 – India vs Pakistan
• September 19 – India vs Oman

India awaits 9th trophy

Sri Lanka is the highest final playing team in Asia Cup history, which has played 13 finals so far, but India has won the most titles. Team India has so far reached the final of the Asia Cup 11 times, in which it has won the trophy 8 times. India is the world’s number-one country in the T20 rankings and is also the last champion of the Asia Cup, so India can win the Asia Cup title this time for the 9th time.

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