Asia Cup 2025

Established in 1983 concurrently with the founding of the Asian Cricket Council, the Asia Cup serves as a platform to foster goodwill among Asian nations. Originally intended to occur biennially, the tournament has become the premier continental championship in cricket. The victorious team in the Asia Cup claims the esteemed title of the champion of Asia. The competition follows a cyclical pattern, switching between ODI and T20 formats every two years.

Asia Cup T20 2025

Asia Cup 20025 will begin on September 9 with the final on September 28. The tournament will be entirely hosted in the UAE, with India vs Pakistan match slated for September 10. This time, Asia Cup will be held in T20 format instead of ODIs ahead of T20 World Cup 2026.

• Dates: September 9-28, 2025
• Host: India are the official host but the tournament will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Venues: Matches will be played in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, known for their world-class cricket infrastructure.
• Format: T20 International (T20I)
• Teams: Eight teams will participate, an increase from six in the previous edition.
• Matches: A total of 19 matches will be played, including group stages, Super Four, and the final

Asia Cup 2025 Groups

• Group A: India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman
• Group B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong

Asia Cup 2025 Fixtures

Asia Cup 2025 Points Table

Asia Cup 2025 Most Runs/ Wickets

Asia Cup 2025 Squads

India

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

• Reserves: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal

Pakistan

Salman Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem

Bangladesh

Litton Kumer Das (Captain), 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

• Standby players: Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Mahmud

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, Farik Ahmad Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

• Reserves: Wafiullah Tarakhal, Nangyal Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai

Hong Kong

Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat, Adil Mehmood, Zeeshan Ali (wk), Ehsan Khan, Anas Khan, Shahid Wasif (wk), Kalhan Challu, Haroon Arshad, Nizakat Khan, Ayush Shukla, Ali Hassan, Nasrulla Rana, Aizaz Khan, Md. Ghazanfar, Martin Coetzee, Ateeq Iqbal, Md. Waheed, Anshuman Rath and Kinchit Shah

Sri Lanka

Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Nuwanidu Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana.

UAE

Muhammad Waseem (C), Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Zohaib, Matiullah Khan, Junaid Siddique, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Simranjeet Singh, Ethan Dsouza, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Jawadullah, Asif Khan, Aryansh Sharma, Alishan Sharafu, Saghir Khan

Oman

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

Men’s Asia Cup Winners List

India won the Asia Cup 2023 title after defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets. As of now, India has secured titles in eight editions of the Asia Cup.