Asia Cup 2025: Teams, Schedule, Venues, Live Streaming And Telecast Details | Cricket News

Last Updated:September 07, 2025, 15:02 IST

The 2025 edition of the Asia Cup will feature a total of 8 teams, and the matches will be played in T20I format from September 9 to 28 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

8 teams will feature in the 2025 edition of Asia Cup. (Picture Credit: AFP)

The 2025 edition of the Asia Cup will be played from September 9 to 28. A total of eight teams, which are divided into two groups of four each, will feature in this year’s tournament. Keeping the T20 World Cup 2026 in mind, the matches of this year’s Asia Cup will be played in T20I format. Two venues in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will host 19 matches.

World No. 1 T20I team India, under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav, will start as favourites for the title once again, but the likes of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan can’t be ignored as well. In addition to them, the United Arab Emirates team would also like to come up with a big show this time around and qualify for the Super Fours at least.

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

Participating teams and groups

Venues

• Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
• Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Schedule of Asia Cup 2025 matches

Squads

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

The matches of the 2025 edition of the Asia Cup will be televised live on the Sony Sports Network in India, and the live streaming of the matches will be available on the Sony LIV app and website in India.

Top-performers and record holders in T20I format of the Asia Cup

Past champions

• India (2016)
• Sri Lanka (2022)

Most wins: India (8 wins in 10 matches)

Most defeats: Pakistan (5 losses in 10 matches), Hong Kong (5 losses in 5 matches)

Highest total: 212/2 in 20 overs by India against Afghanistan in Dubai on September 8, 2022.

Lowest total: 38/10 in 10.4 overs by Hong Kong against Pakistan in Sharjah on September 2, 2022.

Biggest win (by runs): Pakistan beat Hong Kong by 155 runs in Sharjah on September 2, 2022.

Biggest win (by wickets): India beat UAE by 9 wickets in Mirpur on March 3, 2016.

Smallest win (by runs): Oman beat Hong Kong by 5 runs in Fatullah on February 19, 2016.

Smallest win (by wickets): Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 1 wicket in Sharjah on September 7, 2022.

Most runs: Virat Kohli of India (429 in 10 matches).

Highest score: Virat Kohli of India (122* from 61 balls against Afghanistan in Dubai on September 8, 2022) and Babar Hayat of Hong Kong (122 from 60 balls against Oman in Fatullah on February 19, 2016).

Highest average: Virat Kohli of India (85.80)

Highest strike rate (minimum 100 balls): Najibullah Zadran of Afghanistan (157.14)

Most 50+ scores: Virat Kohli of India (1 century, 3 half-centuries)

Most ducks: Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh (3)

Most sixes: Najibullah Zadran of Afghanistan (13)

Most sixes in an innings: 7 maximums by Babar Hayat of Hong Kong during his 122-run knock from 60 balls against Oman in Fatullah on February 19, 2016.

Most runs in a series: Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan (281 runs in six matches of the 2022 edition).

Most wickets: Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India (13 in six matches).

Best bowling figures: Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India (5 wickets for 4 runs in 4 overs against Afghanistan in Dubai on September 8, 2022).

Best economy rate (minimum 10 overs): Mohammad Amir of Pakistan (5.06)

Most five-wicket hauls: Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India (1).

Most wickets in a series: Amjad Javed of UAE (12 wickets in seven matches of the 2016 edition).

Most dismissals: MS Dhoni of India and Swapnil Patil of UAE (7 each – 6 catches, 1 stumping).

Most catches: 6 each by Babar Hayat (Hong Kong) and Soumya Sarkar (Bangladesh).

Highest partnership: 119 runs for the 1st wicket between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul of India against Afghanistan in Dubai on September 8, 2022.

Most matches: 10 each by Virat Kohli (India) and Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka).

Most wins as captain: 5 each for MS Dhoni (India) and Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka).

Most wins as player: Virat Kohli of India (8 wins in 10 matches).

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