The Indian men’s cricket team will travel to the United Arab Emirates next month to take part in the 2025 edition of the Asia Cup. In the Asia Cup 2025, the Indian men’s cricket team will open their campaign on September 10 in Dubai against the UAE and then take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their second Group A on Sunday, September 14.

India last played a T20I match against Pakistan on June 9, 2024, in New York during the T20 World Cup 2024.

The organisers of the Asia Cup are confident that the India-Pakistan match in Dubai on September 14 will go ahead despite tensions between the two countries.

Many fans in India believe that Men in Blue should not play against Pakistan and instead opt out of the game like India Champions players did during the recently concluded World Championship of Legends.

But according to Subhan Ahmed, who is the chief operating officer of the Emirates Cricket Board, the same situation is unlikely to occur in the Asia Cup.

“We can’t make any guarantees, but comparing the Asia Cup against a private event like the WCL is not a like comparison," Subhan was quoted as saying by The National.

“When decisions to play in the Asia Cup are taken, government permissions are taken in advance. That has definitely been done before arriving at the decision of announcing the schedule for the countries. So hopefully we won’t be in a situation as there was at the WCL," he added.

In the Asia Cup 2025, India and Pakistan can face each other as many as three times if they qualify for the final.

Source: News18