Asia Cup set to organize in THESE countries, ACC make big demand for media rights

New Delhi: Asia Cup 2025 should be organized on Indian soil this time. Earlier, the Asia Cricket Council demanded $170 million to sell the media rights of the Asia Cup for the subsequent eight years. This will consist of global television, digital and audio rights of the Men’s Asia Cup, Women folk’s Asia Cup, Men’s Below-19 Asia Cup, Men’s Emerging Team Asia Cup, Women folk’s Below-19 Asia Cup and Women folk’s Emerging Team Asia Cup tournaments. Its auction should be held on November 1. To participate in this, broadcasters have been instructed to submit their technical bids in Dubai by October 30.

Rights should be readily on hand for eight years:

The foremost prominent event of the tournament is the Men’s Asia Cup. A complete of 4 editions of this may very well be played from 2024 to 2031. ACC has been selling media rights for all these eight years together. India goes to host the subsequent edition of the Asia Cup, to be in a position to be in T20 format. After this, Bangladesh will host it in 2027, to be in a position to be in ODI format. At the identical time, the Asia Cup to be hosted by Pakistan in 2029 is to be played in T20 format, while Sri Lanka will host the Asia Cup in 2031, to be in a position to be in ODI format. After paying the pricetag decided inside of the auction, broadcasters can acquire media rights. The value and winner of the media rights should be decided through e-auction.

ACC sets USD 170 million base price for four Asia Cup rights.

The following four editions should be held in India in 2025 (T20 format), Bangladesh in 2027 (ODI format), Pakistan in 2029 (T20 format) and Sri Lanka in 2031 (ODI format).

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13 matches should be played in every edition of the Asia Cup:

There should be little doubt that broadcasters earn the most inside of the Asia Cup all through the matches between India and Pakistan. It truly is the reason ACC has guaranteed to conduct no longer lower than two matches between India and Pakistan in every edition of the Asia Cup. At the identical time, if both teams are a success in reaching the final, then there'll even be three matches.

Pakistan got the webhosting of the last edition of the Asia Cup, but as a consequence of India, the tournament changed into played below the hybrid model. The Indian team played all its matches in Sri Lanka. In Asia Cup 2023, two matches were played between India and Pakistan and Team India won both the matches.