The 2025 Asia Cup is a match between India and Pakistan on Sunday, 14 September. Whenever there is a match between India and Pakistan in cricket, the thrill reaches its peak. A situation like ‘bandh’ is formed in the country. Traffic ends from the roads. People cancel their plans and plan to watch the match, but this time it is not so. It would not be wrong to say that the same thing is not visible in the Indo-Pak match.

For the first time after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India and Pakistan will be face to face on the cricket field. Four months later, the match is important in view of the T20 World Cup in India, but for the first time in many years, the cricket match between India and Pakistan lacks the kind of enthusiasm that is often in the match between the two countries while the match is being played on Sunday.

Not even selling tickets, viewers are not coming to see practice

The most surprising thing is that till now not all tickets for India and Pakistan have been sold. Thousands of tickets for the match are still available. Very few spectators arrived in India’s practice session on Friday. The excitement about the match is also missing. This is the first time that India and Pakistan do not have housefu. This has never happened before.

Appeal is being made on social media that India should boycott this match, so no one knows how many BCCI officials will reach the match on Sunday, otherwise a large number of officials were present during the match between the two countries. The Government of India has allowed the national team to play matches against their staunch rival in multinational tournaments but this will not happen at the bilateral level.