Dubai is set to witness Asia Cup 2025’s most-awaited match: India vs Pakistan today. Since 1984, the Cup has been played 16 times—India won 8, runner-up 3; Pakistan won 2, runner-up 3. Yet, both teams have never faced each other in a final. Will history change this time?
In 16 editions, India has clinched 8 titles (1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2023) and lost 3 finals. Only 4 times did India miss the final. Despite one past boycott, India remains the tournament’s most successful side.
Pakistan has lifted the trophy only twice—beating Sri Lanka in 2000 and Bangladesh in 2012. They have been runners-up 3 times. Still, no India–Pakistan Asia Cup final has ever happened, a fact that continues to surprise fans.
In the past decade, India dominated—winning 5 of 7 matches, losing just once, with 1 abandoned. In T20 Asia Cup games, they’ve clashed thrice: India won 2, Pakistan 1.
Their first T20 Asia Cup clash was in Mirpur in 2016, where India won by 5 wickets. In 2022, they faced off twice in Dubai—India won the first, Pakistan the second, which remains their only victory over India in the last decade. Overall, India and Pakistan have met 18 times in the Asia Cup: India leads with 10 wins, Pakistan has 6, and 2 matches were washed out.
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