India vs Pakistan – Asia Cup 2025: Match start time, team news and lineups
One of the fiercest and most widely followed rivalries in sport will be in the spotlight once again when India clashes with Pakistan in cricket’s T20 Asia Cup 2025. Both teams will be riding a wave of confidence, given their recent form in T20 internationals. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Defending champions India made a winning start to their campaign with a nine-wicket thrashing of hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their Group A game in Dubai. Meanwhile, Pakistan enters the Asia Cup on the back of a tri-nation T20 series win against Afghanistan and the UAE in Sharjah. Here’s everything you need to know about the match: When and where is India vs Pakistan? The Group A fixture is scheduled for Sunday and will begin at 6:30pm (14:30 GMT) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Why is Dubai hosting India vs Pakistan? India was slated to host the tournament as per the hosting rights schedule, and while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) remains the official host of the tournament, it is being played in the UAE due to the recent conflict between India and Pakistan. Why doesn’t India play bilateral cricket series against Pakistan? The Indian government has barred its athletes and teams from competing against their Pakistani counterparts in bilateral tournaments in all sports. Indian athletes are also barred from travelling to Pakistan, forcing all India-Pakistan encounters in multination sports tournaments to be hosted at a neutral venue. Prior to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, both countries agreed to host each other at a neutral venue during ICC events. India and Pakistan have mutually agreed to face each other only at neutral venues [File: Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo] What’s the weather forecast for India vs Pakistan in Dubai? September is typically a hot month in the UAE, and this year is no different. Advertisement The weather forecast for Sunday is hot and humid, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit) and partial cloud cover. It will get slightly cooler in the evening as the match will start just after sunset and the temperature will drop to 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit). What happened in the last India vs Pakistan match? The last meeting between India and Pakistan was at the same venue, Dubai, on February 23, in the group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy. A Virat Kohli batting masterclass helped India win by six wickets on a slow Dubai pitch, where Pakistan posted 241 in 49.4 overs. It was India’s 58th win over Pakistan in one-day internationals (ODI). Pakistan have beaten India 73 times in the ODI format. Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring his century and winning the match against Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 [File: Satish Kumar/Reuters] How many times has Pakistan won the Asia Cup? Pakistan have lifted the trophy on two occasions – in 2000 and 2012 – and qualified for the final five times. India are seven-time Asia Cup champions, with 11 appearances in the final. How many times has India beaten Pakistan in the Asia Cup? In their 19 clashes in the Asia Cup, India have beaten Pakistan 10 times and lost to their neighbours on six occasions. Three matches, including the group-stage match in 2023, were abandoned due to poor weather. When was the last time Pakistan beat India? Pakistan’s last Asia Cup win over India came in the 2022 edition in the UAE. Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with 71 runs in the Super Four clash, but it was Mohammad Nawaz’s 20-ball-41 that took Pakistan over the line in the run chase. Mohammad Rizwan was the top scorer in Pakistan’s win over India in 2022 [File: Satish Kumar/Reuters] How many times will India play Pakistan at the Asia Cup? While Sunday’s match is, so far, the only confirmed India vs Pakistan match at the Asia Cup, they could meet again on September 21 in a Super Fours clash, should they qualify for the second stage. The September 28 final offers cricket fans the chance of a third India vs Pakistan match in two weeks – if both teams qualify. India vs Pakistan: Head-to-head in T20Is Since the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, the countries have met in 13 T20Is. India has won 10 times, including the first match in 2007, which was tied and then decided in a Super Over. Two of Pakistan’s three wins came in Dubai. Players to watch: India Abhishek Sharma: The fact that the young top-order batter has managed to carve a spot in a highly competitive T20 Indian batting lineup is enough to mark Sharma as one to watch in the Asia Cup. The 24-year-old boasts the highest career strike rate of 193 among all batters in T20s and backs it up with two centuries and half-centuries in the format. Varun Chakaravarthy: The 34-year-old leg-spin bowler’s second foray into the Indian side has reaped him big rewards as he has taken 27 wickets in his last 12 T20I matches. Advertisement Players to watch: Pakistan Hasan Nawaz: Pakistan have often been criticised for their batters’ inability to match modern-day T20 batting strike rates, but in Nawaz, they seem to have found a solution to this problem. The 23-year-old has a strike rate of 174, with a T20 hundred and two fifties in his 16 matches. Sufiyan Muqeem: The left-arm wrist spinner has taken 25 wickets in his 17 T20Is since making his debut less than two years ago and has become a mainstay of the bowling lineup in limited-overs cricket. Sufiyan Muqeem has become a mainstay of Pakistan’s bowling attack in T20Is [File: Rick Rycroft/AP Photo] Form guide: India Prior to the Asia Cup, India hadn’t played a T20 match since hosting England in a five-match series in January and February. The T20 world champions won the series 4-1 to maintain their dominance at the top of the ICC T20 men’s teams rankings. In fact, India have only
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