New Delhi: All roads lead to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the battle for continental supremacy brings eight teams to the battleground of cricket’s showpiece tournament – the Asia Cup. The 2025 edition will be played in the T20 format in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates for close to three weeks.

Reigning T20 World Cup champions India enter the tournament as hot favourites and defending champions of the Asia Cup. The Men In Blue thrashed Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final 2023 – played in the 50-over format – to win their eighth continental title.

While Suryakumar Yadav-led India will look to extend their supremacy, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh eye redemption.

One year after the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was formed, the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup took place in 1984 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where India won the three-nation ODI event involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Initially conceived as a biennial event, the tournament was disrupted several times due to political tensions. Pakistan boycotted in 1990 edition over tensions with India, while the 1993 edition was cancelled altogether. However, the tournament has navigated choppy waters to become a consistent fixture, held every two years since 2008, but........

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