The Asia Cup is back, and the United Arab Emirates will be the host for the seventh season of the competition. Basically, the tournament starts on the 9th of September. Certainly, the final of the Asia Cup 2025 is on 28th September, and the Dubai International Cricket Stadium will be the venue. Lastly, apart from the host squad, the Asia Cup 2025 All squads are confirmed.
Basically, there will be eight teams that will participate in the 2025 Asia Cup. Eventually, India, Oman, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates are the eight teams. There will be a total of nineteen matches in the Asia Cup 2025, which also includes the knockout matches. All matches will happen across two venues, the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai and the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
India is the defending champion, as they won the last edition, which was the 16th edition of the competition, which happened in 2023. Sri Lanka was the runner-up team. India’s Kuldeep Yadav was the Man of the Tournament. Shubman Gill scored the most runs, whereas Matheesha Pathirana took the most wickets.
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Asia Cup 2025 All squads Confirmed: Who’s in, who’s out, and what the lineups mean for the tournament
Basically, all eight teams are divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. India, Pakistan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates are in Group A. On the other hand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong are in Group B. The first match of the Asia Cup will be between Afghanistan and Hong Kong on 9th September at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The teams play once against each opponent in the group stages. Basically, the top two teams will qualify for the Super Fours, where they again play one match against each other. The top two will qualify for the finals. Let us have a look at the Confirmed squads of all teams:
India
- Batsmen: Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), and Rinku Singh
- Wicketkeepers: Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson
- All-rounders: Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Axar Patel
- Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Harshit Rana
Oman
- Batsmen: Jatinder Singh and Ashish Odedara
- Wicketkeepers: Vinayak Shukla and Hammad Mirza
- All-rounders: Aamir Kaleem, Hassnain Shah, Karan Sonavale, and Mohammad Nadeem
- Bowlers: Shakeel Ahmed, Aryan Bisht, Samay Shrivastava, and Sufyan Mehmood
Bangladesh
- Batsmen: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Saif Hassan, and Towhid Hridoy
- Wicketkeepers: Nurul Hasan, Litton Das (C), Parvez Hossain Emon, and Jaker Ali
- All-rounders: Mahedi Hasan, Shamim Hossain, and Mohammad Saifuddin
- Bowlers: Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, and Mustafizur Rahman
Afghanistan
- Batsmen: Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran, and Sediqullah Atal
- Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Mohammad Ishaq
- All-rounders: Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (C), Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, and Mohammad Nabi
- Bowlers: AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, and Naveen-ul-Haq
Hong Kong
- Batsmen: Babar Hayat, Kalhan Challu, Martin Coetzee, and Anas Khan
- Wicketkeepers: Zeeshan Ali, Anshuman Rath, and Shahid Wasif
- All-rounders: Kinchit Shah, Yasim Murtaza (C), Nizakat Khan, and Aizaz Khan
- Bowlers: Nasrulla Rana, Ayush Shukla, Ateeq Iqbal, Haroon Arshad, Adil Mehmood, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Mohammad Waheed, Ehsan Khan, and Ali Hassan
Sri Lanka
- Batsmen: Nuwanidu Fernando and Pathum Nissanka
- Wicketkeepers: Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, and Kamil Mishara
- All-rounders: Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka (C), Dasun Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Dunith Wellalage
- Bowlers: Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, and Maheesh Theekshana
Pakistan
- Batsmen: Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, and Saim Ayub
- Wicketkeepers: Mohammad Haris and Sahibzada Farhan
- All-rounders: Salman Agha (C), Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, and Mohammad Nawaz
- Bowlers: Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Salman Mirza, Sufiyan Muqeem, Mohammad Wasim Jr, and Shaheen Afridi
United Arab Emirates
To be announced soon
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