"Boycott India vs Pakistan"- Twitter reacts to Indian Government allowing Asia Cup 2025 participation

The highly anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, scheduled for September 14 in Dubai, has officially received the green signal from the Indian government on Thursday, August 21. The Indian Sports Ministry unveiled a new policy on international cricket engagements, specifically addressing matches involving Pakistan.

Indian Sports Ministry has confirmed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is free to participate in the India vs Pakistan game in the multi-nation tournament. However, the Indian cricket team is not allowed to participate in any competition in Pakistan, and vice versa.

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 clash gets Indian Government approval amid tensions

The policy is effective immediately, which allows the India vs Pakistan match in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, but the government also made it clear that bilateral cricket relations between the two nations will remain suspended.

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This was a big relief for the BCCI, as there were intense calls for India to boycott any India vs Pakistan matches following the Pahalgam terror attack earlier this year.

However, even before the Indian Government’s approval, the BCCI decided to go ahead with the Asia Cup 2025, including the India vs Pakistan game, despite the uproar on social media.

What does the Indian Sports Ministry policy say?

The Indian Sports Ministry policy states, “India's approach to sports events involving Pakistan reflects its overall policy in dealing with that country. Insofar as bilateral sports events in each other's countries are concerned, Indian teams will not be participating in competitions in Pakistan. Nor will we permit Pakistani teams to play in India.”

It further reads: “With regard to international and multilateral events, in India or abroad, we are guided by the practices of international sports bodies and the interest of our own sportspersons. It is also relevant to take into account India’s emergence as a credible venue to host international sports events.

Accordingly, Indian teams and individual players will take part in international events that also have teams or players from Pakistan. Similarly, Pakistani players and teams will be able to participate in such multilateral events hosted by India.”

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Indian fans slam the government and the BCCI over the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 clash

Right after the announcement, Indian cricket fans slammed the Indian government for allowing the BCCI to go ahead with the India vs Pakistan clash in multi-nation events like the Asia Cup.

Some fans are calling the government “spineless,” as they could have boycotted the India vs Pakistan game since the Asia Cup is not the ICC tournament. On the other hand, some fans are calling out the BCCI for prioritizing financial gains over the country.

Many fans are hoping the Men in Blue lose all the games in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, with some urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to sacrifice the army for the shame again.

Here are the fans' reactions to the call:

This is plain bullshit! If you can’t boycott Pakistan in sports, stop wasting our time when terror strikes next! Terrible#AsiaCup2025 https://t.co/5YkVlhSwJN

— Navdeep Singh Pundhir (@ndpundhir1) August 21, 2025

Still cannot digest the hate India's Greatest Athlete got 😠 Where are they now ? https://t.co/GU6Ct61Ra6

— Deepti (@deeptiraonayak) August 21, 2025

Asia cup is not ICC event so we can definitely chose whether to play or not but since government is spineless...
That's it. That's the tweet..
Shame on @JayShah @BCCI @rohanjaitley @imAagarkar @PMOIndia https://t.co/pIaaT2Lc2a

— ꋬꋊꀘ꒤ꋪ. (@ylt19) August 21, 2025

I hope India lose every single match in Asia Cup and booing gets finally heard by the BCCI.

Jo log behre hote hain, unhe dhamaake ki zarurat hoti hai. https://t.co/NIywRDP4an

— Dr Shivam 'da' (@angryoldman27) August 21, 2025

This Government is the most spineless Asia Cup isn't an International Event that u are allowing them to play against India grow some spine MFs https://t.co/Jqw64gCgg0

— Preeti 🏏 (@Dracarys__18) August 21, 2025

Nothing more than hogwash. This simply means they're fine playing with Pakistan as long as it's staged on "neutral" grounds. 🤡

Let's be clear, the financial clout BCCI commands and the unmatched viewership India brings to global cricket dwarfs every other board combined. If the… https://t.co/uHTSlF0g69

— Sid 🇮🇳 (@sidduu96) August 21, 2025

He would be laughing somewhere on us today.... https://t.co/u9vtwj9ro6 pic.twitter.com/OGjnKIgLZG

— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) August 21, 2025

Khoon aur paani ek saath beh sakta hai agar bilateral series na ho aur bahut saara Paisa banana ho BCCI aur Broadcasters ne. Thank you @narendramodi https://t.co/qLrLbGbP6C

— A.K (@HaddHaiYaar) August 21, 2025

The complete boycott of #AsiaCup2025 is now definitely ON! @narendramodi bhai, please don't put our countrymen and soldiers to shame.

CC: @AmitShah bhai. https://t.co/L6IjuC5F5U

— Siddharth Chhaya - સિદ્ધાર્થ છાયા 🇮🇳 (@siddtalks) August 21, 2025

Begairat GOI as well as BCCI.. https://t.co/DqNUAYW1f1

— Mr Sharma🇮🇳 (@Rahuul0) August 21, 2025

Although I am a true cricket fan. I swear that I am not going to watch, not even on cricbuzz, a single ball of Asia Cup.
Fuck you🖕@BCCI as well as @IndiaSports, @JayShah. Very shameful and peak hypocrisy by @cuck Govt. of India. #BoycottAsiaCup #AsiaCup2025 https://t.co/TZX0hby2NS

— abhishek (@Itzabhi_128) August 21, 2025

What a shameless response and nonsense! https://t.co/6vjLIMiv7o

— N.P. Ranjan 🇮🇳 (@Ranjan_Narayan) August 21, 2025

खून और पानी एक साथ नहीं बह सकता लेकिन क्रिकेट खेल सकते
Shameless spineless GOI @narendramodi @AmitShah https://t.co/mZD5bnKZuj

— Satyam Borikar 🏏🏆 (@im_satyam45) August 21, 2025

https://t.co/WBKpxUxoz5 pic.twitter.com/VnmlqZTpiK

— All in One 🇮🇳 (@mayankm94847123) August 21, 2025