Start Times Revised for Majority of Fixtures
The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that the start times for 18 out of 19 matches in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 have been pushed back by half an hour owing to the intense heat in the UAE.
As per the new schedule, fixtures will now begin at 6:30 pm local time (8:00 pm IST) instead of the earlier 6:00 pm start.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 18 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 19 𝑫𝑷 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝑪𝒖𝒑 2025 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒕 6:30 𝒑𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝑪𝑩 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆.
The only exception will be the September 15 clash between UAE and Oman, which is scheduled for a 4:00 pm local start at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Tournament Highlights and Key Fixtures
The Asia Cup, which will be played in T20 format this year, runs from September 9 to 28 across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
One of the most highly anticipated fixtures will be the India vs Pakistan clash on September 14 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Despite political differences preventing bilateral series, the two nations will continue to face off in multi-nation tournaments such as the Asia Cup.
India will kick off their campaign against UAE on September 10 in Dubai, before wrapping up the group stage against Oman on September 19 in Abu Dhabi.
“𝑨𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔,” 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅.
Group A includes India, Pakistan, UAE, and Oman, while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong have been placed in Group B.
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