Cricket Asia Cup 2025 Squad, Schedule: All You Need To Know

The Men’s Asia Cup 2025 will reignite the rivalries among the continental giants once again in the field of cricket. The tournament will take place from 9 to 28 September 2025 and the matches will be played in Twenty20 International (T20I) format.

This will be the 17th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. India are the defending champions.

The tournament will feature eight teams. The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the tournament and will be joined by United Arab Emirates, Oman and Hong Kong, the teams which finished in the top three in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2024.

Asia Cup 2025: Format

The eight teams split into two groups of four. The top two teams from each group will qualify for a single-group Super Four stage. The top two teams in this stage will contest the final.

Asia Cup 2025: Groups

Group A consists of India, Oman, Pakistan, and hosts United Arab Emirates,

Group B features Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka.

Asia Cup 2025: Squads

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bangladesh: Litton Das (c), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Tawhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Shaif Uddin

Hong Kong, China: Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammad, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Marc Challu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Ateeq ul Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Adil Mehmood, Haroon Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, Sufyan Yousuf, Ashish Odedera, Aamir Kaleem, Mohammed Nadeem, Sufyan Mehmood, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonavale, Zikriya Islam, Hassnain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Muhammed Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmad, Samay Shrivastava.

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.

Sri Lanka: Squad yet to be announced

United Arab Emirates: Squad yet to be announced

Asia Cup 2025: Schedule, Fixtures, Venues

Group Stage Matches

Date Match Venue Time (GMT) Time (Local)
Sep 09, Tue Afghanistan vs Hong Kong (Group B) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 10, Wed India vs United Arab Emirates (Group A) Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 11, Thu Bangladesh vs Hong Kong (Group B) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 12, Fri Pakistan vs Oman (Group A) Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 13, Sat Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Group B) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 14, Sun India vs Pakistan (Group A) Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 15, Mon UAE vs Oman (Group A) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 12:00 04:00 PM
Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong (Group B) Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 16, Tue Bangladesh vs Afghanistan (Group B) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 17, Wed Pakistan vs UAE (Group A) Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 18, Thu Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan (Group B) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 19, Fri India vs Oman (Group A) Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM

Super Four Stage

Date Match Details Venue Time (GMT) Time (Local)
Sep 20, Sat B1 vs B2 Super Four – Match 1 Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 21, Sun A1 vs A2 Super Four – Match 2 Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 23, Tue A2 vs B1 Super Four – Match 3 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 24, Wed A1 vs B2 Super Four – Match 4 Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 25, Thu A2 vs B2 Super Four – Match 5 Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM
Sep 26, Fri A1 vs B1 Super Four – Match 6 Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM

Final Match

Date Match Venue Time (GMT) Time (Local)
Sep 28, Sun Final (TBC vs TBC) Dubai International Cricket Stadium 14:00 06:00 PM