India will host the men’s Asia Cup in 2025, and it’ll be played in the T20 format, as per the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) release of Invitation for Expressions of Interest (IEOI) document. This document invites interested parties to submit their IEOI for ACC Sponsorship Rights for the period from 2024 to 2027.
The 2023 men’s Asia Cup was hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka and was played in the 50-overs format.
The 2027 edition of the men’s Asia Cup will switch to the ODI format and will be hosted by Bangladesh. Both tournaments will include six teams: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and a sixth team determined through qualifying event and will comprise 13 matches.
The next edition of women’s Asia Cup (15 matches) will also be played in the T20 format and is scheduled for 2026. The 2024 women’s Asia Cup concluded in Dambulla on Sunday, with Sri Lanka winning their maiden title. There will be four editions of the Under-19 men’s Asia Cup in this period with each edition staging 15 matches.
Nayar to oversee ODI specialists' nets
Meanwhile, former India allrounder Abhishek Nayar, one of the new assistant coaches with Team India, has left Pallekele for Colombo to oversee the nets of the team’s players who arrived from India for the ODI series against hosts Sri Lanka. Among the ODI specialists are skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, and Harshit Rana. The ODI series will start in Colombo on August 2 with all 3 games at the R Premadasa Stadium.
