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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Ind vs pak matches in asia cup 2025: The Asia Cup 2025 is going to start from 9 September. In this tournament, the discussion about the match between India and Pakistan is in full swing. The first match of the Asia Cup between India and Pakistan will be played on 14 September. Both these teams have been kept in the same group from the Asian Cricket Association. At the same time, India’s first match will be with the team of United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will be played on 10 September.

When will India-Pakistan be face to face?

In the Asia Cup, the teams are divided into two groups. Group A stars India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman. At the same time, Group B has Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong China. Out of these two groups, 2-2 teams will qualify for the Super 4 stage, of which the top 2 teams will play the final match of Asia Cup 2025 on September 28, while India and Pakistan may collide three times in the Asia Cup.

• The first match between India and Pakistan will be played on 14 September in the group stage itself. The match will be held in Dubai and will start at 7:30 pm Indian time.
• If both India and Pakistan qualify for the Super 4 stage are formed from Group A, then on this stage, matches between the two teams can also be seen.
• In the top 2 teams in Group Stage 4, if the teams of India and Pakistan are able to make a place, then one more time there can be a Mahamukabala between the two teams.

India’s possible squad for Asia Cup

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Sai Sudarshan, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurlel, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, famous Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Mohammad Siraj.

Pakistan’s possible squad for Asia Cup

Saim Ayub, Babar Azam/Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Aga, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Haris, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Salman Mirza, Abbas Afridi, Faheem Ashraf, Nasim Shah, Abrar Ahmed and Sufiyam Mukim.

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Bcci and pcb on ind vs pak match: The Asia Cup 2025 is going to start soon, but yet the decision has not been made about the match between India and Pakistan. The ICC Annual General Meeting (AGM) is going to be held in Colombo regarding the Asia Cup. In this meeting, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) can be found. This meeting will be held in the capital of Sri Lanka between July 17-20.

Decision on India-Pakistan match

The Asia Cup comes under the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), but it is clear that no decision can be taken on this tournament until the talks are held between BCCI and PCB. The Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in September 2025. A big decision regarding the Asia Cup may come out in the meeting to be held in Colombo.

Government of India ready for ASIA CUP

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had not clearly said about India’s going to the Asia Cup. The BCCI was waiting for the green signal from the Government of India. But now Mansukh Mandavia, Minister of Sports in the Government of India, said in Parliament that ‘India will continue to play with Pakistan in the international tournament, but the bilateral series will not be played between the two countries’.

ACC will not suffer heavy losses

This announcement of India’s Sports Minister has saved the Asia Cup organizing committee, which was still under considerable financial pressure. ACC will have the highest grossing high voltage matches in the Asia Cup from India and Pakistan. According to reports, no one was joining the BCCI meeting to be held in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on July 24, but now after getting permission from the Government of India, there may be a big announcement on the Asia Cup soon.

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