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Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) wicketkeeper batter Shreevats Goswami believes that India should not play against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 and let them qualify in the mega event. He reckons that the only reason India is featuring in the tournament is because they want to help the other teams economically.
Before the announcement of the schedule, there were growing demands from fans to not have any sporting relations with Pakistan in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is currently facing a huge backlash since the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) have announced the schedule for the Asia Cup 2025, where arch-rivals India and Pakistan are in the same group.
The former Bengal wicketkeeper who was also part of Virat Kohli's under-19 World Cup-winning team took his 'X' formerly known as Twitter to opine that if India plays against Pakistan, then it will make the whole nation angry.
"My read on the Asia cup going forward is India to & must forfeit the game against Pakistan& let them qualify. We don’t need to win the Asia cup. The only reason India is participating cause it helps other nations economically or else I don’t see any reason. Ideally this is what should & must happen & if India decides to play against pak it will make the nation angry ! It should !" said Goswami on X.
Asia Cup 2025 is scheduled to start from September 9 where Afghanistan will play the tournament opener against Hong Kong and India will start their campaign against UAE on next day. The high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan will take place on 14 September. The whole tournament will take place in UAE while BCCI will be the host.
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