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Asia Cup 2025 full schedule announced: India vs Pakistan on September 14, three meetings likely
India and Pakistan will meet in a blockbuster clash at the Asia Cup 2025 on September 14. The full schedule was announced on Saturday.
The Asian Cricket Council chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, announced on Saturday that the 2025 Asian Cup will take place between September 9 to 28 in the United Arab Emirates. Naqvi, who also heads the Pakistan Cricket Board, made the announcement through his official X account.
India and Pakistan, the two fierce rivals on the field, are placed in the same group for the continental tournament. Both sides will meet on September 14. The 2025 edition could witness as many as three India-Pakistan matches: in the group stage, Super Four, and potentially the final, if both teams progress.
The Asia Cup will see eight teams compete in a T20 format, a dress rehearsal of sorts ahead of next year’s T20 World Cup. The tournament format ensures at least one India-Pakistan clash in the group stage, keeping up with the format that has stayed ever since the two nations stopped playing each other in bilateral series.
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The grouping decision comes at a time when India and Pakistan’s cricketing and political relations have remained strained. Just last week, tensions spilt over into the World Championship of Legends (WCL), a veterans’ tournament, where a scheduled match between India Champions and Pakistan Champions was cancelled. The Indian players, including several high-profile names like Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, and Shikhar Dhawan among others, opted out following heavy public backlash over sharing the field with their former Pakistani counterparts.
That episode came against the backdrop of recent military escalations between the two nations following the Pahalgam terror attack in April earlier this year. India responded with strikes at terror camps inside Pakistan, which followed a tense escalation in military exchanges between both countries.
UAE to host
The tournament's dates and venues were announced soon after Naqvi's tweets. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are expected to host all 19 matches.
India and Pakistan last met during the Champions Trophy earlier this year, where Virat Kohli's century ensured India cruised to a six-wicket win in Dubai. India eventually went on to win the tournament, enjoying an invincible run.
Asia Cup Groups:
Group A: India, Pakistan, UAE, Oman
Group B: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Hong Kong
India's fixtures:
September 10: vs UAE
September 14: vs Pakistan
September 19: vs Oman
Key Matches to Look Out For
Needless to say, it's the match between India and Pakistan that is expected to draw the most eyeballs at the Asia Cup. Both teams don't play in bilateral series, and being one of the fiercest rivals in cricket, a contest between India and Pakistan – no matter the format – remains the biggest in the tournament.
