India and Pakistan are certainly going through rough patch, diplomatically where both countries have banned each other channels, media organizations and celebrities from both side of border.
The Upcoming Men’s Asia Cup in September 2025, most probably is in Jeopardy, where BCCI have already denied participation in the Upcoming Marquee event and if India pulls out most probably they would, Asia Cup is most likely not to take place this year.
As India brings maximum eyeballs, viewership and sponsorship on the table so them backing out from the tournament would mean that it is an end of the road for Asia Cup 2025.
Talking about Latest development, Indian Women’s Team is most likely to compete against Pakistan Cricket Team on October 5th 2025 in Colombo.
The Upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup is jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
As per clause signed between these two teams, India and Pakistan would not play against each other on their venue instead they would play against each other on neutral grounds.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Company will travel for high voltage match against Pakistan in Colombo, and eight team tournament will be played in round-robin format basis before the final, which will kickoff where Host India would face Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on September 30th 2025.
Defending Champions Australian Women’s team will start their campaign against New Zealand the reigning world T20 champions on October 1st in Indore.
India will next take South Africa in Vishakapatnam on October 9th 2025.
They would play against Australia at the same Venue on October 12th 2025.
India will next face England in Indore on October 19th 2025.
On 23rd October 2025, India would face New Zealand in Guwahati, On the final day of league stage women in blue would face New Zealand.
The 1st semifinal will be played either in Guwahati or Colombo depending on whether Pakistan qualifies in it.
The Tournament will be played across five cities.
Harmanpreet Kaur who have successful led India on most occasion would be looking to do wonders as leader also she might have got confidence after winning 2 WPL trophies.
India need to ensure they stop their dependency on Opening batters Shefali Verma and Smirit Mandhana we have seen other batters failing to deliver in case good starts are not been provided from openers.
India certainly need to up their game when it comes to handling pressure against Opposition where we have seen teams like Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa have marginally move ahead so they need to adapt that psychological pressure so that they can make comebacks in crunch phase of the game.
India have quality side in their arsenal despite that they fail to play as a unit and succumb under pressure against top tier teams with who they share dressing rooms in WPL.
The Squad for Indian Women’s Team is yet to be revealed, it would be interesting to see how get a node in the Upcoming Marquee event considering the format demands complete skill deployment and tenacity to sustain pressure in the longer duration of the game in order to emerge winner of this contest.
