Asia Cup 2025: Squads, Schedule, Venue, & Teams
Author: Shimit Mahur
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International cricket will now turn its spotlight on the Asian continent with the beginning of one of the most prominent tournaments -the Asia Cup 2025. Organised by the Asian Cricket Council, the Asia Cup 2025 is scheduled to begin on 9th September, and the final match will take place on 28th September.
The Cricket Asia Cup started in 1984 with the idea of giving a platform to the Asian cricket teams to prepare for the bigger challenges. However, over the period of time, the Asia Cup has become one of the biggest cricket tournaments that produces some of the most thrilling cricket matches.
As time has passed, the Asia Cup has also seen multiple changes in the format and teams. For a long time, the Asia Cup used to take place with the ODI format, but with the T20 format coming in cricket, the tournament has also taken shape with the T20 format.
For the Asia Cup 2025, a total of 8 teams will be part of the competition. These 8 teams are divided into two groups, and the top 2 teams will qualify for the next round. Historically, India has been a dominant performer, and that makes Team India the favourite on the betting sites online.
In this article, we bring you all the details regarding Squads, Schedule, Venue, and Teams for the Asia Cup 2025. We also bring you the winning odds from the legal betting apps in India.
Asia Cup 2025 - Details
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Dates |
9 – 28 September 2025 |
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Administrator(s) |
Asian Cricket Council |
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Cricket format |
Twenty20 International |
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Tournament format(s) |
Group stage and knockout |
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Host(s) |
United Arab Emirates |
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Participants |
8 |
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Matches |
19 |
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Official website |
asiancricket.org |
Asia Cup 2025 - Groups & Teams
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Group A |
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India |
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Oman |
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Pakistan |
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United Arab Emirates |
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Group B |
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Afghanistan |
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Bangladesh |
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Hong Kong |
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Sri Lanka |
Asia Cup 2025 - Venue & Stats
Dubai International Stadium
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Aspects |
Numbers |
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Total T20 Matches |
110 |
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Batting 1st Win |
51 |
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Batting 2nd Win |
58 |
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Highest Total |
212/2 |
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Lowest Total |
55/10 |
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Highest Successful Chase |
184/8 |
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
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Aspects |
Numbers |
|
Total T20 Matches |
90 |
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Batting 1st Win |
41 |
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Batting 2nd Win |
49 |
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Highest Total |
225/7 |
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Lowest Total |
54/10 |
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Highest Successful Chase |
174/2 |
Asia Cup - Winners from the Past
|
Rank |
Team |
Participation |
Matches |
Win |
Loss |
Draw |
No Result |
Win % |
|
1 |
India |
15 |
77 |
43 |
19 |
1 |
2 |
66.15% |
|
2 |
Sri Lanka |
16 |
77 |
43 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
65.15% |
|
3 |
Pakistan |
15 |
77 |
33 |
25 |
0 |
2 |
55% |
|
4 |
Bangladesh |
15 |
77 |
12 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
21.81% |
|
5 |
Afghanistan |
4 |
16 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
31.25% |
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6 |
Nepal |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
7 |
United Arab Emirates |
3 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
8 |
Hong Kong |
4 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
9 |
Oman |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Championship Summary
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Rank |
Teams |
Appearance |
Titles |
Runners-up |
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1 |
India |
15 |
8 |
3 |
|
2 |
Sri Lanka |
16 |
6 |
7 |
|
3 |
Pakistan |
15 |
2 |
3 |
|
4 |
Bangladesh |
15 |
0 |
3 |
|
5 |
Afghanistan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
Nepal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Winners from the Last 5 Asia Cup Tournaments
|
Year |
Format |
Match |
Venue |
Winner |
Runner-up |
Captain (Winner) |
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2023 |
ODI |
India 51/0 (6.1 ov) vs Sri Lanka 50 (15.2 ov) |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
India |
Sri Lanka |
Rohit Sharma |
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2022 |
T20I |
Sri Lanka 170/6 (20 ov) vs Pakistan 147 (20 ov) |
Dubai International Stadium, UAE |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
Dasun Shanaka |
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2018 |
ODI |
India 223/7 (50 ov) vs Bangladesh 222 (48.3 ov) |
Dubai International Stadium, UAE |
India |
Bangladesh |
Rohit Sharma |
|
2016 |
T20I |
India 122/2 (13.5 ov) vs Bangladesh 120/5 (15 ov) |
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
India |
Bangladesh |
MS Dhoni |
|
2014 |
ODI |
Sri Lanka 261/5 (46.2 ov) vs Pakistan 260/5 (50 ov) |
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
Angelo Mathews |
Kerala Cricket League 2025 - Schedule
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Date |
Day |
Match No. & Group |
Teams Playing |
Time (GMT / IST) |
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Sep 09 |
Tue |
1st Match, Group B |
Afghanistan vs Hong Kong |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
|
Sep 10 |
Wed |
2nd Match, Group A |
India vs United Arab Emirates |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 11 |
Thu |
3rd Match, Group B |
Bangladesh vs Hong Kong |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 12 |
Fri |
4th Match, Group A |
Pakistan vs Oman |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 13 |
Sat |
5th Match, Group B |
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 14 |
Sun |
6th Match, Group A |
India vs Pakistan |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 15 |
Mon |
7th Match, Group A |
UAE vs Oman |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 15 |
Mon |
8th Match, Group B |
Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 16 |
Tue |
9th Match, Group B |
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 17 |
Wed |
10th Match, Group A |
Pakistan vs UAE |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 18 |
Thu |
11th Match, Group B |
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 19 |
Fri |
12th Match, Group A |
India vs Oman |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 20 |
Sat |
Super Four, Match 1 (B1 v B2) |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 21 |
Sun |
Super Four, Match 2 (A1 v A2) |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 23 |
Tue |
Super Four, Match 3 (A2 v B1) |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 24 |
Wed |
Super Four, Match 4 (A1 v B2) |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
|
Sep 25 |
Thu |
Super Four, Match 5 (A2 v B2) |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 26 |
Fri |
Super Four, Match 6 (A1 v B1) |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
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Sep 28 |
Sun |
Final |
TBC vs TBC |
02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM IST |
Asia Cup 2025 - Squads
India
Suryakumar Yadav (c) Shubman Gill (vc) Sanju Samson (wk) Jasprit Bumrah Abhishek Sharma Tilak Varma Hardik Pandya Shivam Dube Axar Patel Varun Chakravarthy Arshdeep Singh Rinku Singh Kuldeep Yadav Harshit Rana Jitesh Sharma (wk)
Pakistan
Salman Ali Agha (c) Shaheen Afridi Abrar Ahmed Hasan Ali Faheem Ashraf Saim Ayub Sahibzada Farhan Mohammad Haris (wk) Salman Mirza Sufiyan Muqeem Hassan Nawaz Mohammad Nawaz Haris Rauf Khushdil Shah Hussain Talat Mohammad Wasim Jr. Fakhar Zaman
Bangladesh
Litton Das (c, wk) Nasum Ahmed Taskin Ahmed Jaker Ali (wk) Parvez Hossain Emon Nurul Hasan (wk) Tanzid Hasan Tanzim Hasan Saif Hassan Rishad Hossain Shamim Hossain Towhid Hridoy Shoriful Islam Mehidy Hasan Miraz Mustafizur Rahman Mohammad Saifuddin
Afghanistan
Rashid Khan (c) Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Sediqullah Atal Sharafuddin Ashraf Fazalhaq Farooqi Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Naveen-ul-Haq Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Karim Janat Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Darwish Rasooli Ibrahim Zadran
Hong Kong
Yasim Murtaza (c) Babar Hayat (vc) Zeeshan Ali (wk) Haroon Arshad Kalhan Challu Martin Coetzee Mohammad Ghazanfar Ali Hassan Ateeq Iqbal Aizaz Khan Anas Khan Ehsan Khan Nizakat Khan Adil Mehmood Nasrulla Rana Anshuman Rath Kinchit Shah Ayush Shukla Mohammad Waheed Shahid Wasif (wk)
Oman
Jatinder Singh (c) Shakeel Ahmed Aryan Bisht Muhammed Imran Zikria Islam Aamir Kaleem Nadeem Khan Sufyan Mehmood Hammad Mirza Mohammad Nadeem Ashish Odedara Faisal Shah Hassnain Shah Samay Shrivastava Vinayak Shukla (wk) Karan Sonavale Sufyan Yousuf (wk)
Sri Lanka
Charith Asalanka (c) Dushmantha Chameera Binura Fernando Nuwanidu Fernando Wanindu Hasaranga Chamika Karunaratne Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis (wk) Kamil Mishara Pathum Nissanka Matheesha Pathirana Kusal Perera (wk) Dasun Shanaka Maheesh Theekshana Nuwan Thushara Dunith Wellalage
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
Asia Cup 2025 - Star Players
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Team |
Star Players |
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India |
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav |
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Pakistan |
Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Salman Ali Agha (C) |
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Sri Lanka |
Wanindu Hasaranga, Kusal Mendis, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana |
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Bangladesh |
Litton Das (C), Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Towhid Hridoy |
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Afghanistan |
Rashid Khan (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Muhammad Waseem (C), Junaid Siddique, Alishan Sharafu |
|
Oman |
Jatinder Singh (C), Aqib Ilyas, Mohammed Nadeem |
|
Hong Kong |
Yasim Murtaza (C), Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah |
Asia Cup 2025 - Winning Odds
|
Team |
1xBet |
Parimatch |
10Cric |
Stake |
|
India |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.66 |
1.66 |
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Pakistan |
5.75 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
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Sri Lanka |
8 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
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UAE |
100 |
151 |
101 |
151 |
|
Oman |
100 |
201 |
101 |
201 |
|
Hong Kong |
100 |
251 |
101 |
250 |
|
Bangladesh |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
|
Afghanistan |
8.5 |
8 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
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