Asia Cup 2025: Teams, schedule, venues, tickets and all you need to know

The latest edition of the Asia Cup is set to get underway from September 9 with the match between Hong Kong and Afghanistan. As many as eight teams are fighting it out for the trophy for the first time in history in the Asia Cup.

India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified directly for the continental event while the rest of the three slots were filled based on the results in the ACC Premier Cup that was played in 2024. Accordingly, Oman, UAE and Hong Kong made it to the Asia Cup while Nepal missed out by a whisker. 

Asia Cup will be played in the T20 format this year with the World Cup in the shortest format set to be played next year in India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the previous T20 edition of the Asia Cup while India won the previous edition of the tournament played in the ODI format in 2023, ahead of the ODI World Cup.

A total of 19 matches will be played over the course of 19 days of the tournament and India vs Pakistan is certainly the much-awaited clash. The two arch-rivals will most likely face each other twice unless UAE or Oman spring a surprise and there is a possibility of a third clash between India and Pakistan if they make it to the final. Interestingly enough, they are yet to face each other in the final of the Asia Cup.

Here’s all you need to know about Asia Cup 2025

Groups

Group A - India, Pakistan, Oman, UAE

Group B - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong

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: 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: 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.

Schedule

Venues

All the matches of the Asia Cup 2025 will be played at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi and Dubai international stadium in Dubai.

Tickets

The tickets for all matches of Asia Cup 2025 including that of India vs Pakistan are available on platinumlist.net according to Asian Cricket Council.

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