One of sport’s fiercest rivalries is set to light up once again as India takes on Pakistan in the T20 Asia Cup 2025.

Both sides enter the contest with confidence. Defending champions India began their campaign with a dominant nine-wicket victory over hosts UAE in Dubai, while Pakistan arrive on the back of a tri-series triumph against Afghanistan and the UAE in Sharjah.



Match Details

  • Fixture: India vs Pakistan, Group A
  • Date: Sunday
  • Time: 6:30pm UAE / 14:30 GMT
  • Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Head-to-Head in T20Is

  • Total meetings: 13
  • India wins: 10
  • Pakistan wins: 3 (two of them in Dubai)

Players to Watch

India

  • Abhishek Sharma: Young top-order batter with a strike rate of 193 in T20s, backed by two hundreds and two fifties.
  • Varun Chakaravarthy: In superb form with 27 wickets in his last 12 T20Is.

Pakistan

  • Hasan Nawaz: Explosive 23-year-old with a strike rate of 174 and a T20 century already to his name.
  • Sufiyan Muqeem: Left-arm wrist spinner with 25 wickets in 17 T20Is.

Team News

India

  • Jasprit Bumrah returns after injury management.
  • Likely unchanged XI from the UAE win.
  • Predicted XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav.

Pakistan

  • Stability after post-World Cup reshuffling, with a blend of youth and experience.
  • Predicted XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris (wk), Salman Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Muqeem.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 Live Streaming

Live telecast of Asia Cup cricket will be on Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 1 HD, Sony Sports Ten 5 and Sony Sports Ten 5 HD TV channels in India. Regional language broadcast will be available on Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi), Sony Sports Ten 3 HD (Hindi), Sony Sports Ten 4 (Tamil and Telugu) TV channels.

In Pakistan, the match between India and Pakistan will be live on PTV Sports.