India (IND) vs Pakistan (PAK) Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 Today’s Match Live Updates: There were no handshakes between the two captains the last time the two sides met. (AP Photo)
India (IND) vs Pakistan (PAK) Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 Today Match Live Updates: India and Pakistan face each other once again, this time in the Super 4 stage of the 2025 Asia Cup. The last fixture between the two sides reflected the gulf in quality between them at the moment. India cruised to a seven-wicket victory, with Pakistan hardly ever looking capable of even posing a challenge to the reigning world champions.
But what grabbed the headlines was the buildup to that match, and the same is the case this time. Pakistan threatened to pull out of the tournament altogether before their final group match against the UAE due to their objections to match referee Andy Pycroft, who was in charge for the game against India as well and who they alleged was favouring the latter side.
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Players from the two teams have famously been friendly with each other on the field regardless of the relationship between the two nations. However, that was broken by the on-field coldness that was on display in the first match of this tournament between them. It remains to be seen whether this will continue to be the case in the Super 4 as well.
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Asia Cup 2025: After hostilities, India and Pakistan meet again in clash of unequals
The competitiveness has lost its lustre, even though the fixture remains unmatched in hysteria in the whole wide cricketing world, a meeting with a scale and symbolism that nothing equals. (AP Photo)
A week of drama, suspense and negotiations later, India and Pakistan return to Dubai, the site that kicked off a chapter of unwanted hostility in an epic rivalry last week. Between the two Sundays, much has changed. The evenings are sweatier, the nights are cooler, tourists have begun to trickle and bask in the autumnal sunshine, Pakistan hammered the UAE, Afghanistan crashed out and Oman scared India. Read more from Sandip G HERE.
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