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According to reports, the Asia Cup 2025 will be played in the United Arab Emirates between September 5 and 21, with 8 teams participating. Eight countries are expected to take part in this tournament. India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan are its full-time members. UAE, Hong Kong and Oman will be the other three teams participating in the tournament. There is talk of keeping the Asia Cup in T20 format because of the T20 World Cup to be held next year. The tournament will be played in a Super Four format followed by a group stage. Asia Cup 2025 will be hosted by the UAE. So, Pakistan is now going to convert its bilateral series with Afghanistan into a tri-series. The playing conditions of Oman and UAE are almost the same, that is why they want that before the Asia Cup, in a tri-series they should adapt to the conditions and pitches and go to the Asia Cup with full preparation.
The BCCI has the right to host the eight-team Asia Cup. Sources had told this publication in May that India would neither participate nor host the Asia Cup following the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. However, for now, according to reports, the BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla and Asian Cricket Council president and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi will meet in the coming days to finalise the venues and the tournament schedule.
As we know, the Asia Cup and ICC tournaments are the only platforms where India and Pakistan will face each other. That's the reason cricket fans from all over the world are eager to watch the match between these two countries.
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