The Asia Cup 2025 is just a day away and teams are preparing in full swing ahead of the tournament. A total of eight teams, have been divided into two groups of four each, will feature in this year’s tournament. The latest edition of the tournament will be played in the T20 format and will serve a spreparation for the next T20 World Cup. India are the defending champions having crushed Sri Lanka to win the final the 2023 edition.
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: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
Pakistan: 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 (WK), Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.
Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Kusal Perera (WK), Nuwanidu Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Kamil Mishara (WK), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana.
Bangladesh: Litton Das (C & WK), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon (WK), Saif Hassan, Tawhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik (WK), Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (WK), Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Shaif Uddin
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq (WK), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Oman: Jatinder Singh (C), Hammad Mirza (WK), Vinayak Shukla (WK), 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.
Hong Kong: Yasim Murtaza (C), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali (WK), Niazakat Khan Mohammad, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath (WK), Kalhan Marc Challu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Ateeq ul Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Adil Mehmood, Haroon Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif (WK), Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan
UAE: Muhammad Waseem (C), Muhammad Zohaib, Asif Khan, Alishan Sharafu, Rahul Chopra (WK), Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh, Ethan DSouza, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Jawadullah, Aryansh Sharma (WK), Saghir Khan, Matiullah Khan
Live streaming and telecast details of Asia Cup 2025 matches in India
Where to watch the live telecast of Asia Cup 2025 matches in India?
The live telecast of Asia Cup 2025 matches will be available on the Sony Sports Network in India
Where to live stream Asia Cup 2025 matches in India?
The live streaming of the Asia Cup 2025 matches will be available on the Sony LIV app and website in India.
