Asia Cup 2025 Set to Begin Sept 9: Eight Nations Compete; Big India-Pakistan Clash on Sept 14 in Dubai
The 2025 T20 Asia Cup is scheduled to begin on September 9.This is the first time in tournament history that eight teams will compete.
Aadrika Tayal 
New Delhi (India) September 8: The 17th edition of the Asia Cup begins on September 9. Defending champions India will be playing to win their eighth title.
Afghanistan and Hong Kong will play in the tournament's opening match at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium. India's campaign in the cup will start against the United Arab Emirates in Dubai on September 10.
The most awaited match between India and Pakistan will be played on Sunday, September 14.
Sony Ten Sports, Sony LIV live coverage
Sony Ten Sports will broadcast live coverage of every Asia Cup match. Sony LIV's website and app will also offer the live streaming.
18 of the Asia Cup's 19 games will start at 8 PM IST. The UAE vs. Oman match in Abu Dhabi is only scheduled to start at 5:30 PM IST.
Eight teams will be put into two groups for the first round. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the Super Four. The winning teams will play the Final.
Group A includes India, Oman, Pakistan, and United Arab Emirates. Group B includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka.
The squads of the eight teams are:
Afghanistan squad includes Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Bangladesh squad includes 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 and Shaif Uddin.
Hong Kong squad includes 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 and Ehsan Khan.
India squad includes 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 and Rinku Singh.
Oman includes Jatinder Singh (c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, 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 and Samay Shrivastava.
Pakistan squad includes 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 and Sufyan Moqim.
Sri Lanka squad includes 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 and Matheesha Pathirana.
UAE squad includes 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 and Saghir Khan.
