India confirmed as Men’s Asia Cup 2025 host

India will host the Men’s Asia Cup 2025, scheduled to be played in T20 format while Bangladesh will host the event in ODI format in 2027.

Both editions of the Men’s Asia Cup will feature a total of six teams Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and a sixth team which will be finalized after the completion of the qualifying event.

The development was confirmed when the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) issued the Invitation for Expressions of Interest (IEOI) for the sponsorship rights document on Saturday.

The letter extends an invitation to interested parties to submit an IEOI for ACC Sponsorship Rights between 2024 and 2027.

The document further highlighted that all information is provisional and subject to change at the ACC’s sole discretion without responsibility, including timetables, dates, formats, and locations.

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Notably, the official schedule of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 has not been finalized yet while it is expected that the six-team tournament will be played in September next year after the monsoon season ends in the country.

Remember, Pakistan were given the hosting rights of the previous edition of the continental event. However, it was played in a hybrid model with Sri Lanka emerging as the co-host after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send Team India to Pakistan.

As a result, Pakistan could host just four matches while the rest of the nine matches including the final were played in Sri Lanka.

The tournament, which was coined as an ideal opportunity for the top Asian sides to prepare for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 was won by India.

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