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India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2025: Haris Rauf is gearing up for action as he will be a part of the Pakistan cricket team in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, which is scheduled to be played in the UAE from September 9 to September 28.

In the eight-team continental tournament, Pakistan are drawn in group A alongside India, UAE and Oman. They will kick off their campaign in the tournament with the match against Oman on September 12, whereas their much-awaited clash against the arch-rivals India is scheduled to be played in Dubai on September 14.

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Ahead of the India vs Pakistan clash, Haris Rauf has come up with an interesting claim, the video of which has gone viral on social media. Rauf's prediction of Pakistan winning the games against India in the tournament faced huge backlash considering the Men in Green's recent performances. They recently suffered an ODI series defeat against the West Indies.

In the viral video, a fan can be seen asking Rauf about the possibility of Pakistan playing India twice in the tournament.

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"Dono apne hai, Inshallah," (Both matches are ours, God willing), says confident Rauf in reply.

Here's how netizens reacted on social media to Haris Rauf's prediction:

Notably, this edition of the Asia Cup will be played in the T20I format, and the tournament will work as a preparatory assignment for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026.

India and Pakistan could meet as many as three times should they progress to the Super 4 stage and the final. Talking about the format of the Asia Cup 2025, the top two teams from each group will progress to the Super 4 stage, from where the two toppers will clash in the final on September 28.

Haris Rauf is Pakistan's highest wicket-taker in T20Is (120 wickets in 87 matches). He has featured in a total of five T20I matches against India and has taken 7 wickets so far. In the Asia Cup, he took just one
wicket in two matches he has played against the Men in Blue.

 

No Babar and Rizwan in Asia Cup 2025

Pakistan's team will be without their senior batters Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the Asia Cup, as the duo has been dropped from the T20I side and were not picked in the 17-member squad.

Star pacer Naseem Shah, batter Iftikhar Ahmed and senior all-rounder Shadab Khan were also ignored by the selection committee.

All-rounder Salman Ali Agha will captain the Pakistani team, and the squad includes the likes of Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz, among others.

Pakistan's last Asia Cup title win came way back in 2012 under Misbah-ul-Haq's captaincy, whereas the team couldn't qualify for the finals in the tournament's previous edition in 2023.