Asia Cup

The Asia Cup 2025, the 17th edition of the tournament, is a Men’s cricket tournament, organized by Asian Cricket Council. It is scheduled to take place on September 14, 2025 in the United Arab Emirates. The venues for specific games are yet to be determined. The schedule was finalised after an ACC meeting held in Dhaka on July 24, 2025. The matches will be played in T20I format, featuring 8 teams. The five members of the Asian Cricket Council. They'll be joined by United Arab Emirates, Oman and Hong Kong, teams which finished in top three in 2024 ACC Men’s Premier Cup.

There will be a total 19 matches and kicks off will begin with a group stage format, where teams are divided into two groups. Group A includes India, Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Group B consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka. The matches will take place from September 9 to 19, where each team plays every other team in the group. The top two teams from each group will then progress to the Super Four stage, held from September 20 to 26, where they will play against each other in a round-robin form. The two teams with the best performance will be playing the final on September 28. Among all the fixtures, the India vs Pakistan clash is undoubtedly the most anticipated.

BOOM has debunked misinformation around the Asia Cup 2025. BOOM fact-checked videos showing CDS Gen Anil Chauhan admitting to India losing seven jets to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. BOOM found that the viral video has been digitally altered, with an AI-generated segment being inserted into real footage of Chauhan giving a speech at a recent event.