The 2025 Asia Cup starts on September 9. Here’s everything you need to know about all the Asia Cup squads, including the full team list and injury updates.
What's the schedule of Asia Cup 2025?
A total of 12 group matches will be played from September 9 to 19 among eight teams divided into two groups. The top two sides from each group will advance to the six-match Super Four stage, with the top two teams from that stage qualifying for the final on September 28.
Group A consists of Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan, while Group B includes the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan, India, and Oman.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤! 🏏
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) July 26, 2025
The ACC Men’s T20I Asia Cup kicks off from 9th to 28th September in the UAE! 🤩
Get ready for thrilling matchups as the top 8 teams in Asia face off for continental glory! 👊#ACCMensAsiaCup2025 #ACC pic.twitter.com/JzvV4wuxna
Which team has won the most Asia Cup titles?
India enter the Asia Cup as the defending champions for winning the previous ODI edition in 2023. They are the most successful side, having won eight out of the 16 editions. Sri Lanka are next with six titles, while Pakistan have won two – in 2000 and 2012.
The Asia Cup, which started as an ODI tournament since its inception in 1984, was first held in the T20I format in 2016, as a precursor to the T20 World Cup. Since then, the format of the tournament has changed accordingly, based on the format of the upcoming World Cup. Likewise, the upcoming edition will be played in the T20I format, with the 2026 T20 World Cup on the horizon.
Asia Cup 2025 team news
India's most notable inclusion is the return of Shubman Gill to the T20I side, who has been named vice-captain alongside skipper Suryakumar Yadav. For Pakistan, their biggest news is the continued omission of senior players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, with Salman Ali Agha retained as their skipper.
Afghanistan have announced a 17-member squad led by Rashid Khan, while Litton Das will lead Bangladesh.
Yasim Murtaza (Hong Kong), Jatinder Singh (Oman), Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka) and Muhammad Waseem (UAE) are the other captains. It's worth noting that hosts UAE are yet to finalise their squad, but the outfit is largely expected to remain the same as the one playing in the tri-series from August 29.
Asia Cup 2025 squads: Full team list and injury updates
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, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi. Reserve players: Wafiullah Tarakhil, Nangeyalia Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai
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), 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
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
United Arab Emirates (predicted)
Muhammad Waseem (c), Haider Ali, Rahul Chopra, Ethan D’Souza, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Harshit Kaushik, Asif Khan, Rohid Khan, Saghir Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Zohaib
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