In the Asia Cup, the politics of India-Pakistan to be held on Sunday (September 14, 2025) has once again been hot. This cricket match between India and Pakistan is taking place on April 22 in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, just five months after the terrorist attack. In such a situation, many political leaders have said wrong to play cricket with Pakistan on the international stage with Pakistani players.

Leaders of opposition parties demand boycott

A day before the cricket match, political rhetoric has intensified across the country. Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are particularly protesting about this match. Political leaders have also demanded to boycott this match between India and Pakistan.

In Delhi, AAP leaders and activists also burnt an effigy of Pakistan outside their office. Former minister Saurabh Bhardwaj has appealed to boycott all the clubs and restaurants where the live telecast of this match will be shown. The AAP leader has also targeted the central government for this. He said, ‘The Government of India is forcing our cricketers to play with such cheap people, who wiped out the vermilion of our sisters. We will highlight all the clubs and restaurants of Delhi, where the live telecast of the India-Pakistan match will be shown.

Uddhav Thackeray’s attack over India-Pakistan match

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, while attacking the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan, cited an old statement by Prime Minister Modi, in which the PM said on the Indus Water Treaty that ‘blood and water cannot flow’. Thackeray questioned, ‘How can war and cricket be played together? These people have also made patriotism a business. They only need money.

We should not play with Pakistani players- Priyanka

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also appealed to the people of the country to unite against Pakistan. He said, ‘Pakistani cricketers are making fun of our and operation vermilion through their social media. We should not play with Pakistani players until they stop supporting the terrorists.

Congress MP targeted central government

Congress MP Imran Masoon took a dig at the central government in this regard. He said, ‘People are just making money. They do not care at all that the vermilion of our sisters disappeared, their families were destroyed. There is a thrill in the India-Pakistan match and for this reason tickets are being sold at expensive prices. The government should be ashamed that cricket is being played with Pakistan at such a time.

Compulsion to play matches with Pakistan- Central Government

Amid opposition from opposition leaders, the Central Government has argued about playing a cricket match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that it is a compulsion for India to play this match, because if India does not play the match, Pakistan will get points.

He said, ‘When multinational tournaments are organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) or International Cricket Council (ICC), it becomes a compulsion for countries to participate in it. If a team does not participate in it, it is excluded from the tournament, that country has to leave the match and another team gets its points. But India does not play any bilateral tournament with Pakistan.

The Union Minister made it clear that India has been a policy for years that no bilateral cricket series will be played with it until Pakistan stops terrorist attacks.

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In the Asia Cup 2025, India and Pakistan are included in the same group, with them in Oman and UAE Group A. In this tournament, which is going to start from 9 September, the most waiting of India vs Pakistan match is being done. Prior to this Maha-Mukabale, former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram has made an emotional appeal to fans and cricketers.

Whenever the cricket team of India and Pakistan collides on the field, the thrill is at its peak, from the ground to a home, the atmosphere is different. Wasim Akram has made an emotional appeal to the players and fans of both teams to control their feelings.

What did Wasim Akram say about India vs Pakistan match?

Talking to Telecom Asia Sports, Wasim Akram said, “I am confident that it will be fantastic like other matches of India vs Pakistan. I am sure that the players and fans of both teams will remain in their own limits.” Akram said this in view of the tense condition between the two countries.

Akram further said, “India vs Pakistan match is seen by billions of people around the world. I want players and viewers to show discipline during the match.” Akram has admitted that the Indian team is strong right now and he considered Team India a strong contender for the title.

Babur Azam will miss short

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have not found a place in the Pakistan team for the Asia Cup. Akram believes that Pakistan will miss Babar Azam. He said, “Personally I wanted to see Babur in the team, but he did not choose. Now the players selected in the team will have to do well and do well.”

When and where will India vs Pakistan match?

In the Asia Cup 2025, India vs Pakistan match will be played on 14 September at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This match will start at 7:30 pm Indian time. There may be a total of 3 matches in the tournament between the two. One match is fixed and if both reached Super 4, then 2 and if both went to the finals, then within 15 days we will get to see India vs Pakistan 3 times.

India’s squad for Asia Cup

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Akshar Patel, Jasprit Bumra, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Pakistan’s squad for Asia Cup

Salman Ali Aga (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufayan Mokim.

Babar Azam is compared to the world’s great cricketer Virat Kohli. Although many veterans believe that Virat is much larger than Azam and is ahead in terms of records, so they should not be compared. Former Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad also believes that both of them should not be compared, although he believes that it increases the pressure on Babur.

In an interview, Shahzad Ahmed said that such comparison increases the non -Nearly pressure on the players, it is clearly visible in Babar Azam’s recent performance. They believe that this comparison is also unfair.

What did Shahzad say to compare Babar Azam with Virat Kohli

He said, “When everything was right, you were running a campaign comparing players. Now that he is not in form, you are saying that do not compare 2 players. Virat Kohli cannot be compared to anyone in the world. He is a legendary player of generation, ideal.”

He further said, “You cannot even compare him to MS Dhoni. Dhoni has undoubtedly been a great captain, but Kohli is alone as a batsman, cricketer and an athlete. No one should compare anyone, it is not right and doing so makes additional pressure on the players. This is clearly seen in Babar Azam’s recent form.”

Babar Azam did not hit any international century for 2 years

The possibility of playing Babar Azam in the upcoming Asia Cup is negligible. He has not played a single T20 match this year, PCB is continuously dropping him. It has been almost 2 years since he scored an international century. Babar Azam scored the last international century against Nepal in 2023. In the last match of the West Indies ODI series, which ended today, he was able to score only 9 runs, before that he could not even open an account in the second ODI.

International career of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam

Talking about Virat Kohli, he retired from this format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024, after which he also said goodbye to the Test. Now Virat Kohli only plays ODI format. India’s next ODI series is against Australia.

Virat Kohli

• Test: 9230 runs, 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries in 123 matches
• T20: 14181 runs, 51 centuries and 74 half -centuries in 302 matches
• ODI: 4188 runs, 1 century and 38 half -centuries in 125 matches

Babar Azam

• Test: 4235 runs, 9 centuries and 29 half -centuries in 59 matches
• T20: 6291 runs, 19 centuries and 37 half -centuries in 134 matches
• ODI: 4223 runs, 3 centuries and 36 half -centuries in 128 matches

India Champions have confirmed their place in the semi -finals of the World Championship of Legends by defeating the West Indies. But to reach the finals, he has to play with Pakistan Champions, after which many questions have arisen. Will Indian veteran Shahid once again decide not to play matches with Afridi & Team? Will the match be canceled again? But this time this is a semi -final match and if this happens, Pakistan can get a final ticket without playing.

The match of India Champions and Pakistan Champions was also scheduled on July 20, but several players including captain Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan refused to play with the Pak team. After this the match had to be canceled. Posting on social media, Dhawan had said that he will not play any match against Pakistan in this tournament.

India Champions entry in semi -finals with a big win

India Champions had a target of 145 runs to win in the last league stage match of the World Championship of Legends under the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh. The team had to achieve this target in 14.1 overs to secure a place in the semi -finals, the team achieved it in 13.2 overs. Stuart Binny, who was elected player of the match of this match, performed brilliantly with both bat and ball. Binny took 2 wickets and scored an unbeaten 50 in 21 balls. Yusuf Pathan scored 21 in 7 balls and Yuvraj Singh scored a short but important innings of 21 runs in 11 balls. India’s match is scheduled with Pakistan in the semi -finals.

If IND vs Pak semi -final match was canceled?

If India Champions does not play a match with Pakistan Champions this time too, then they may suffer a big loss. It has to be seen whether the organizers find a solution to this. Because the rule says that Pakistan will get a final ticket if the match is canceled. Pakistan’s position in the points table is also good, it is at number one.

WCL 2025 semi -final match schedule

India Champions vs Pakistan Champions semi -final match is in Edgbaston on 31 August. According to Indian time, this match will start at 5 pm in the evening. The second semi -finals are also on 31 August, in which Australia Champions and South Africa Champions will clash. The second semi -final will start at 9 pm.

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