The countdown to the Asia Cup 2025 has begun and teams are all set to assembled in United Arab Emirates and battle for the ultimate supremacy. The latest edition of the tournament will be played in the T20 format and will serve a spreparation for the next T20 World Cup. Team India under Suryakumar Yadav will look to retain the continental glory having won the previous edition held in 2023. India had crushed Sri Lanka to win the final.
The upcoming edition will be played between September 9 to 28 with India and Pakistan resuming their rivalry despite political tension between both nations. Oman will make their debut in the Asia Cup tournament. The team earlier featured in three T20 World Cup editions, in 2016, 2021 and 2024. Here is a look at Groups, Match schedule, and details about time and venue
Asia Cup 2025 groups
Group A: India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman
Group B: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong
Asia Cup 2025 Match timing and venue
League stage:
September 9: Afghanistan vs Hong Kong – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 10: India vs UAE – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 11: Bangladesh vs Hong Kong – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 12: Pakistan vs Oman – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 13: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 14: India vs Pakistan – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 15: UAE vs Oman – 5.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 15: Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 16: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 17: Pakistan vs UAE – 7.30 p.m. – Dubai
September 18: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 19: India vs Oman – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
Knockouts
September 20: B1 vs B2 – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 21: A1 vs A2 – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 23: A2 vs B1 – 7.30 p.m. – Abu Dhabi
September 24: A1 vs B2 – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 25: A2 vs B2 – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
September 26: A1 vs B1 – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
Final: September 28. – 7.30 p.m.- Dubai
Asia Cup 2025 Squad details
India Squad
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana and Rinku Singh.
Reserve players: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Pakistan squad
Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.
Sri Lanka squad
Yet to announce
Afghanistan Squad
Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq.
Reserve players: Wafiullah Tarakhil, Nangeyalia Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai.
Bangladesh squad
Litton Das (c), Jaker Ali, Nurul Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Saif Hassabn, Shamim Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskjin Ahmed
Reserve players: Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Mahmud.
UAE squad
Yet to announce
Hong Kong squad
Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat (vc), Zeeshan Ali (wk), Haroon Arshad, Kalhan Challu, Martin Coetzee, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Ali Hassan, Ateeq Iqbal, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan, Nizakat Khan, Adil Mehmood, Nasrulla Rana, Anshuman Rath, Kinchit Shah, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Waheed, Shahid Wasif (wk).
Oman squad:
Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammed Nadeem, Hammad Mirza, Aamir Kaleem, Sufyan Mehmood, Ashish Odedra, Shakeel Ahmad, Aryan Bisht, Samay Shrivastava, Karan Sonavale, Hassnain Ali Shah, Muhammed Imran, Sufyan Yousaf, Nadeem Khan, Zikriya Islam, Faisal Shah.
