About Asia Cup
The 17th edition of the Asia Cup cricket competition will be the 2025 Men's Asia Cup. It will be held in the United Arab Emirates from September 9–28, 2025. The Twenty20 International (T20I) format will be used for the matches. The defending champion of this competition is India.
Eight teams will compete in the competition. The United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Hong Kong—the teams that placed in the top three of the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup—will join the five full members of the Asian Cricket Council, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, who automatically qualified for the competition.
Format
The eight teams will be divided into two groups of four, and the tournament format and groups will differ from those of the past tournaments. There will be a single-group Super Four stage for the top two teams in each group. The final will be contested by the top two teams in this stage.
Teams and qualification
The competition was automatically open to the five full members of the Asian Cricket Council. Hong Kong, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates qualified after placing in the top three at the 2024 ACC Premier Cup.
Means of qualification | Date | Hosts | Berth(s) | Qualified |
ICC Full Member | — | — | 5 | Afghanistan |
Bangladesh | ||||
India | ||||
Pakistan | ||||
Sri Lanka | ||||
2024 ACC Premier Cup | 12–21 April 2024 | Oman | 3 | United Arab Emirates |
Oman | ||||
Hong Kong | ||||
Total | 8 |
Squads
Afghanistan: 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, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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, China: Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammad, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Marc Challu, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Ateeq ul Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, 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), 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, Samay Shrivastava.
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: 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
Venues
There will be 2 venues for the entire competition: one in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi.
Dubai | Abu Dhabi |
Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
Matches: 11 | Matches: 8 |
Prize Money
The major chunk of the prize money will be distributed to the winners and the runners-up.
Winners Prize Money | USD 300,000 (₹2.6 crore) |
Runners-Up Prize Money | USD 150,000 (₹1.3 crore) |