After a successful ODI format Asia Cup in 2023, the Asia Cup 2025 is going to be a T20 format competition. It has happened before as well. The tournament will start on the 9th of September, and the big day, which is the final, is on the 28th of September. The Asia Cup 2025 Teams are surely very competitive. Lastly, the United Arab Emirates will be the venue for the Asia Cup 2025.

India was the team to win the last edition of the Asia Cup, which took place in 2023. This was their 3th Asia Cup title in the last four editions. In total, India has won the Asia Cup for a record eight times, which is the highest for any team. The second team to them is Sri Lanka, as they have won six Asia Cup titles in total. Lastly, Pakistan has won it twice.

Asia Cup 2025 Teams – Teams List, Groups, Squad, and Participating Nations

There will be a total of eight teams that will play in the Asia Cup 2025. India, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and the United Arab Emirates are the teams. There are a total of 19 matches in the Asia Cup 2025. All the matches will happen at two venues in the UAE. One is Abu Dhabi and the other is Dubai. Basically, the eight teams are divided into two groups: Group A and Group B.

• Group A: Oman, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan
• Group B: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong

Basically, the first match of the Asia Cup 2025 will happen between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. The match will start at 6:30 PM local time, whereas it will be 8 PM as per the Indian Standard Time. Certainly, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi will be the venue. All teams play one match against each team in their group. The top two teams qualify for the Super-Fours, and the same process is followed. Lastly, the top two teams of the Super-Fours will play in the final.

All the teams are strong and surely have selected a balanced squad for the Asia Cup. You can never write off any team, as on their good day, they can become unbeatable. Let us have a look at the squads of all eight teams of the Asia Cup 2025:

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

Hong Kong

• atsmen: 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

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

United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh, Saghir Khan.