Asia Cup 2025: Your complete guide to the T20 tournament
Get ready for the Asia Cup 2025! The exciting T20 cricket tournament is here. It starts on September 9, 2025 in the UAE. Eight top Asian teams will compete for the trophy. The grand final will be held in Dubai on September 28. The tournament helps teams prepare for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Competition Groups
Eight teams play in two groups.
- Group A: India, Pakistan, UAE, Oman
- Group B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Hong Kong
The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Four stage. From there, the top two teams will play in the final.
Asia Cup 2025: Full Match Schedule
The full schedule is here. All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST).
| Date | Match | Venue | Time |
| Sep 9 | Afghanistan vs Hong Kong | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 10 | India vs UAE | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 11 | Bangladesh vs Hong Kong | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 12 | Pakistan vs Oman | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 13 | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 14 | India vs Pakistan | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 15 | UAE vs Oman | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 16 | Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 17 | Pakistan vs UAE | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 18 | Afghanistan vs Bangladesh | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 19 | India vs Oman | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 20 | Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 21 | Super Four, Match 1 | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 22 | Super Four, Match 2 | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 24 | Super Four, Match 3 | Abu Dhabi | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 25 | Super Four, Match 4 | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 26 | Super Four, Match 5 | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 27 | Super Four, Match 6 | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
| Sep 28 | Final | Dubai | 7:30 PM |
Team Squads and Players
Here are the official squads for the Asia Cup 2025.
India:
- Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj.
- Reserves: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar.
Pakistan:
- Squad: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Usman Khan, Azam Khan, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Saim Ayub.
- Reserved: Hasan Ali, Irfan Khan Niazi, Zaman Khan.
Afghanistan:
- Squad: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Farid Ahmad Malik, Hazratullah Khau, Hazratullah Kha.
- Reserved: Sedikulla Atal, Salim Safi.
Bangladesh:
- Squad: Najmul Hussain Shanto (c), Litan Das, Tanzid Hasan, Tauhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Rishad Hussain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shariful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Saqib, Saumya Ali Sarkar, Jakar Ali, Ja.
- Reserved: Afif Hussain, Hasan Mahmood.
Hong Kong:
- Squad: Nizakat Khan (c), Adit Goravara, Anshuman Rath, Babar Hayat, Martin Coetzee, Zeeshan Ali, Ehsan Khan, Haroon Arshad, Yaseem Mortaza, Nasrullah Rana, Ejaz Khan, Ayush Shukla, Atiq Iqbal, Dhananjay Rao, Mohammad Gajanan.
- Reserves: To be announced.
Oman:
- Squad: Aqib Ilyas (c), Prateek Athawale, Kashyap Prajapati, Zeeshan Maqsood, Ayan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mehran Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Kalimullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Khalid Kail, Rafiullah, Shakeel Ahmed.
- Reserves: To be announced.
Sri Lanka:
- Sri Lanka has not yet announced its official squad.
United Arab Emirates:
- The UAE will announce its team soon.
