Asia Cup 2025: India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup cannot be cancelled now, these are 2 big reasons
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In Asia Cup 2025, a match will be played between India and Pakistan on 14 September. This match is being criticized a lot on social media. Many people believe that this match should not happen because a terrorist attack took place in Pahalgam some time ago. This attack was linked to Pakistan. After this, the Indian Air Force attacked Pakistan, which they named ‘Operation Sindoor’. This is the reason why many Indian fans believe that Team India should not play a match against Pakistan. However, there are also reports from media reports that this match cannot be cancelled.
The first reason why the India-Pak match is not cancelled!
According to NDTV, a source said that ACC i.e. Asian Cricket Council says that this is not a series between two teams but a multi-nation tournament. If India withdraws from this match, then Pakistan will get a walkover which will not be the right result. This match cannot be cancelled because the Asia Cup is hosted by the Asian Cricket Council and not the ICC.
The second reason why the India-Pak match is not cancelled!
At present, the head of ACC is Mohsin Naqvi, the chief of Pakistan Cricket Board. The broadcast rights of this tournament have been given to Sony Network, which is worth 170 million US dollars for 8 years. That is, about 1475 crore rupees. Many fans will watch the India-Pakistan match on TV and this will benefit Sony Network a lot. If the match is cancelled, it will also have a huge impact on the broadcaster and revenue. Not only this, all 24 ACC members can also suffer huge losses.
Recently, the match between India and Pakistan Champions of the World Championship of Legends was cancelled. The players of India Champions refused to play the match against Pakistan, after which that match did not take place. Due to this, the organizers had to suffer a lot.
Know India’s Asia Cup schedule
Asia Cup 2025 will start from September 9 and its final will be held on September 28. Team India is in Group A with Pakistan, Oman and UAE. Team India will play its first match against UAE on 10 September, after which it has to play a match against Pakistan on 14 September. The team will play its last league match against Oman on 19 September. All the fans have high expectations from the players of Team India in this tournament.
