Asia Cup 2025: India and Pakistan turn cricket into militarised theatre | Cricket

There’s hardly been a multilateral sports tournament in recent memory as steeped in warlike controversies as the 2025 Asia Cup in Dubai. The exclusion of Russia from the 2024 Olympics or the 2022 FIFA World Cup could be cited as examples, but those were decisions taken quietly behind closed doors by sporting authorities. This edition of the Asia Cup, however, turned out to be a very different affair. The three matches played between India and Pakistan were filled with theatrical displays…