There is now less than 20 days left to start the 2025 Asia Cup. BCCI has announced Team India for this prestigious tournament. Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the Indian team. At the same time, Shubman Gill has got vice -captain. This time the Asia Cup will be in T20 format, which will be played in Abu Dhabi and Dubai of UAE between September 9 and September 28.

The Indian cricket team will leave for UAE four or five days before the start of the tournament. The BCCI on Tuesday announced a 15 -member team for this tournament. This time a total of eight teams are participating in the Asia Cup. All these teams are divided into two groups.

According to the report of News 24, the Indian team will leave for Dubai on 4 or 5 September. It has also been told in the report that there will be no training camp of Team India in UAE. Let us know that India last played a T20 match early this year. The report claimed that the selectors have decided not to set up a training camp, as they are satisfied with the performance of selected stars in IPL 2025.

India’s first match on September 10, Pakistan may have 3 matches

Team India will play their first match on 10 September in the 2025 Asia Cup. India’s first match will be with UAE. After this, on 14 September, Team India will take on arch rival Pakistan. Then on 19 September, Oman will compete. After this, India may have a match with Pakistan once again in Super-4. If both teams qualify in Super-4, which is almost sure. If both India and Pakistan enter the final of the Asia Cup, then there may be a title match between the two on September 28. In this way, three matches can be played between India and Pakistan in the 2025 Asia Cup.

The future of Asia Cup 2025 was still hanging in the balance, but now the Government of India has made its stand clear on playing a cricket match with Pakistan. The Asia Cup is not an ICC tournament but it comes under the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). After the Pahalgam terror attack and operation vermilion, the relations between India and Pakistan reached a much worse condition. Meanwhile, there was speculation about the Asia Cup that India vs Pakistan could fall on the match.

When the question of India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup, the statement came from BCCI whether Team India will play a match against Pakistan or not, it will have to get approval from the Government of India. In Parliament, India’s Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia made it clear that India will continue to play with Pakistan in international level tournaments. It was also told that the National Sports Administration Bill will be proposed soon.

Mansukh Mandavia said, “Our attitude is clear. Whether it is cricket, hockey or any other game, we have no problem playing with Pakistan in the international level tournaments. But as far as bilateral chains are concerned, I think the government knows the attitude on this.”

According to the news, the Asia Cup 2025 tournament was to be played between 8 teams first, but only 6 teams can be seen playing in it. Oman and Hong Kong qualified for the Asia Cup, but Oman and Hong Kong may not play this tournament due to the tournament’s schedule and logistics problems. According to reports, the Asia Cup 2025 is to begin on September 5 and its finals will be played on 21 September.

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