India and Pakistan will be face to face on 14 September in the Asia Cup 2025. Sources have given this information. This continental tournament, which will be played in the T20 format, will run from 9 to 28 September. On Saturday, Mohsin Naqvi, head of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), officially confirmed the tournament dates. A total of 19 matches will be played in this edition of the Asia Cup, in which six teams will participate. India and Pakistan are placed in the same group, while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are placed in another group.

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According to India Today, the competition will be held in two places of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Although the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has the rights to host, the tournament will be held at a neutral place due to the ongoing border tension between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Specific places for individual matches are yet to be finalized. Significantly, the previous version of the Asia Cup was held in the Hybrid model as India refused to visit Pakistan, the hosts of the 2023 tournament. Sri Lanka hosted nine matches, including the finals, while Pakistan hosted four matches.

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The venue of the Asia Cup was decided at the ACC meeting on 24 July. All 25 member countries participated in this meeting. The host of the tournament is BCCI, but is being held in the UAE as India and Pakistan have expressed mutually agreed to compete only at neutral places by 2027 due to the current tension between the two countries. According to the agreement with ACC broadcasters, India and Pakistan will be placed in the same group and they will get another chance to confront each other even in the super six phase. If both teams reach the finals, then the third match will also be likely in the tournament.

Earlier this year, the Champions Trophy was also held in the hybrid model after India refused to visit Pakistan. After the announcement by the International Cricket Council, India or Pakistan will be held in the hybrid model by 2028, India’s matches were played in the United Arab Emirates.

Asia Cup 2025 Group

Group A: India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman

Group B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Hong Kong