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Asia Cup 2027 Final Week Day-by-Day Fixtures Tashkent Decoded

Rohan Bhatia 19 May 2026 Updated 19 May 2026 ~5 min read ~916 words

Asia Cup 2027 final week fixtures Tashkent decoded

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The Asian Cricket Council has confirmed the Asia Cup 2027 final-week fixtures, with the playoff stage landing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the first major international cricket tournament hosted by the country. The eight-day final block, September 18-25, 2027, takes the six Super Four sides through to the final, played at the newly accredited Tashkent International Cricket Stadium. With Pakistan defending the 2025 title in the T20I format, India looking to reclaim the trophy, and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and either Nepal or Hong Kong filling the remaining slots, the final week is the most-watched fortnight in Asian cricket. Here is the day-by-day decode.

Super Four block, September 18-22

The Super Four block runs across five days, with two fixtures on each of the first four days. September 18: India vs Pakistan (14:30) and Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (19:00). September 19: Afghanistan vs Nepal-or-Hong Kong (14:30) and India vs Sri Lanka (19:00). September 20: Pakistan vs Bangladesh (14:30) and Afghanistan vs India (19:00). September 21: Sri Lanka vs Nepal-or-Hong Kong (14:30) and Pakistan vs Afghanistan (19:00). September 22 closes Super Four with Bangladesh vs Nepal-or-Hong Kong (14:30) and India vs Nepal-or-Hong Kong (19:00). Tashkent International Cricket Stadium's capacity is 22,500, with all 10 Super Four fixtures sold out before the tournament opens. Each side plays five fixtures inside five days, the most-compressed major-tournament workload in ACC history.

Knockout block, September 23-25

The knockout block spans three days. September 23 is the first semi-final, played at 18:00 GMT+5. September 24 is the second semi-final, played at 18:00 GMT+5. September 25 is reserved as the final, played at 18:00 GMT+5. There is no reserve day for the semi-finals, with bad-light contingencies governed by the standard ACC overs-minimum threshold. The final has a one-day reserve scheduled for September 26 in the event of a full washout. Tickets across the three knockout days opened at UZS 250,000 in general admission and UZS 4 million in the corporate hospitality tier, with the final-day tickets selling out within six hours of the public release. The trophy ceremony is scheduled for 22:30 local time on the night of the final.

Travel and accommodation logistics

Tashkent International Airport is the only direct gateway, with Uzbekistan Airways adding 12 extra flights per day from the Indian subcontinent across the tournament window. The ACC has confirmed a dedicated travel-coordination office at the airport, staffed by Uzbek-Indian liaison teams across the Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Sinhala, Tamil and Pashto language groups. Five hotels in central Tashkent have been block-booked for the team accommodation, with the squad transfers handled via dedicated bus routes to the venue. The stadium is a 25-minute drive from the city center, and the ACC has commissioned an extra 30-bus shuttle service for ticketed fans across the final week. Visa-on-arrival is available to all Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi passport holders for the tournament window.

Broadcast routing and economics

Broadcast routing is the most-valuable ACC media-rights deal ever signed. Star Sports owns the India broadcast, PTV Sports the Pakistan rights, Sony Sports streams in MENA, Maharaja TV the Sri Lanka feed, T Sports the Bangladesh free-to-air, and ATN Bangla the streaming rights. FanCode and JioHotstar handle the Indian streaming feed in 10 languages. ICC.tv covers the global pathway feed in 80-plus markets. The tournament's commercial value is reported at USD 220 million for the final week alone, with hospitality packages clearing USD 18 million. The ACC's revenue-share split is 70-30 between the council and the host board, with Cricket Uzbekistan retaining the 30% as a development-fund grant.

What it means

The Asia Cup 2027 final week in Tashkent is the boldest hosting bet the ACC has made in 30 years. It pulls the tournament out of its traditional UAE-Sri Lanka-Pakistan rotation and into a brand-new market, with the goal of building cricket as a meaningful Central Asian sport. Watch the India-Pakistan opening day, the Super Four collapse-or-classic pattern often telegraphs the final outcome, and the September 25 final at Tashkent International is the showpiece event the entire ACC schedule is built around. If the operational logistics hold and the cricket lands, this is the model for future continental hosting plays.