Arjit Kumar - Monday, Sep 08, 2025The 17th season of the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 will be played in the UAE from 9 to 28 September. This time a total of 8 teams will be seen participating in the tournament. This year the tournament will be played in T20 format keeping in mind the T20 World Cup 2026. This is the first time that 8 teams are participating in the Asia Cup, which have been divided into two groups of four each. Apart from defending champions India, the group includes Pakistan, UAE and Oman.
Indian cricket fans will be able to watch the live telecast of Asia Cup 2025 on Sony Sports Network.
Talking to The Hindu before the Asia Cup, Ravi Shastri said- Sanju Samson is the most dangerous batsman in the top order, this is where he can win you matches. If he performs explosively in any innings, he wins you matches. Let him stay at the top, this is better.
A video of former Indian cricket team captain and finishing master Mahendra Singh Dhoni is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this video, Dhoni can be seen driving his vintage Rolls-Royce car on the streets of Ranchi.
The video of Dhoni driving a Rolls-Royce car became fiercely viral on social media in no time, on which fans are seen reacting very fast. In the viral video on social media, it can be seen that Dhoni wearing a blue vest comes out of his house in Ranchi in a car, where his cricket fans were eagerly waiting.
The commentary panel for Asia Cup 2025 starting from September 9 has been announced. In this tournament to be played between 8 countries in UAE, the names of former players Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Robin Uthappa, Bajid Khan, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Russell Arnold and Simon Doull are included in the English commentary. Apart from this, Virender Sehwag, Ajay Jadeja, Abhishek Nair, Saba Karim and Irfan Pathan will be seen spreading the magic of their commentary in Hindi.
Before Asia Cup 2025, the Indian Legends team refused to play against Pakistan Champions in the World Championship of Legends. The reason behind this was the attack by Pakistani terrorists in Pahalgam, India. After this, fans started demanding that the Indian cricket team should also boycott the Asia Cup match against Pakistan. So, now BCCI secretary Devjit Saikia said to NDTV, "Keeping in mind the technical aspects of the Indian team's participation in cricket or any other sport, the Sports Department of the Central Government has laid down guidelines and policies. While making the policy, I believe that the Central Government must have taken great care in making helpful guidelines for sports associations at the national level. Accordingly, we can take a decision about participation in any multinational tournament." 6. Chris Gayle made a special request to Punjab Kings, include this player in the team Former legendary batsman of West Indies cricket team Chris Gayle has come out in support of his old teammate Sarfaraz Khan in Punjab Kings. He has advised to include 27-year-old batsman Sarfaraz in the Indian Test team again. Gayle and Sarfaraz have played together for Punjab Kings in the IPL. He has seen the change in Sarfaraz on social media. In such a situation, Gayle took the Indian selectors to task and accused them of making Sarfaraz's weight an issue.
Shreyas Iyer, who is currently out of the Indian team, recently said on a podcast - When you know that you are worthy of being in the team and playing in the playing eleven, even then you are out, then it hurts. But, if you know that the player who is continuously playing for the team and he is doing well for the team, then you should support him. In the end, your aim is the victory of Team India, when the team is winning then everyone is happy. Therefore, I am also happy.
Recently, former West Indies cricket team player Chris Gayle was seen doing a podcast with Shubhankar Mishra. In this podcast, he said- "My IPL career did not end well. I tell the truth that I was insulted in Punjab Kings. I felt that I was not given importance in that team as I am a senior player, I am doing a lot for the league."
