Asia Cup 2025: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has revealed the fixtures for the next coming edition of the Asia Cup, which will take place next year, will be played in T20I format. India are the defending champion as they won the last edition, which was played in 2023.
On Monday, the ACC confirmed India will be the official host of the Asia Cup 2025. Meanwhile, the hosting rights of the 2026 edition are given to Bangladesh, which will be played in 50-over format. This will be just ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027 in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
According to a report, the ACC issued the documents for the Invitation for Expressions of Interest for the sponsorship rights. The 2025 edition will have a total of six teams. The hosts, India, along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and one team from the qualifying round, will take part.
Asia Cup 2025: Will Pakistan travel to India for Asia Cup?
With India getting the hosting rights, the biggest question is: will Pakistan travel to India? Notably, there is a lot of confusion for India participating in the coming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The ICC tournament is scheduled to play in Pakistan.
This tournament will take place between February 19 and March 9. But some media reports confirm that India are not willing to travel to Pakistan. The PCB has submitted the proposed schedule to the International Cricket Council (ICC). The BCCI wants India’s matches to be scheduled in UAE and Sri Lanka.
India didn’t travel to Pakistan during the Asia Cup 2023, and their games were played in Sri Lanka. So there is a lot of confusion about India’s participation in the coming Champions Trophy 2025. Pakistan visited India during the 2023 ODI World Cup, and there are high chances that they will visit India twice in the next three years.
India will also schedule the T20 World Cup 2026. Notably, the complete schedule of Asia Cup 2025 has yet to be announced, but the Men in Blue have a packed schedule in 2025. However, the tournament is scheduled to take place in September.
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