Men’s Asia Cup – India, Bangladesh to host 2025 and 2027 editions

India will host the next edition of the Men’s Asia Cup cricket tournament in the T20 format in 2025 as a prelude to the T20 World Cup scheduled for the country in 2026, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). .

Since 2016, when the tournament was played for the first time as a T20 event, the Asia Cup has been used as a warm-up for the global event and played in the same way as the World Cup.

The 2023 edition, hosted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), was held on a ‘Hybrid Model’ as India refused to travel to the neighboring country and played their matches in Sri Lanka.

The 2027 Asia Cup will be held in the ODI format in Bangladesh as the 50-over World Cup is scheduled for South Africa in the same year.

The T20 Asia Cup in India and the 50-over event in Bangladesh in 2027 will consist of 13 matches each as there are 26 matches allotted in the said period.

“‘Asian Men’s Cup’ means the biennial senior men’s cricket tournament organized and managed by the ACC involving nominated Members, and shall include the participation of teams from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and one member of the ACC who play Non-Test are selected for the relevant events,” the ACC said in its IEOI statement.