The Asia Cup men’s T20 tournament will be played from September 9 to 28 in the United Arab Emirates. India and Pakistan are likely to face each other thrice, with the first confirmed match to be played on September 14 in Dubai.
Mohsin Naqvi, the Asian Cricket Council, confirmed the window and the venue of the tournament, to be hosted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India at a neutral venue, in a social media post. The ACC then announced the detailed fixtures on Saturday (July 26, 2025).
The eight-team tournament will witness two groups of four teams each. While India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman are clubbed together in Group A, Group B comprises Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. The tournament will be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super Fours stage, with the top two facing each other in the final.
Here is the full schedule
League stage: (all times in IST)
September 9: Afghanistan vs Hong Kong – 7.30 p.m.
September 10: India vs UAE – 7.30 p.m.
September 11: Bangladesh vs Hong Kong – 7.30 p.m.
September 12: Pakistan vs Oman – 7.30 p.m.
September 13: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – 7.30 p.m.
September 14: India vs Pakistan – 7.30 p.m.
September 15: UAE vs Oman – 5.30 p.m.
September 15: Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong – 7.30 p.m.
September 16: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – 7.30 p.m.
September 17: Pakistan vs UAE – 7.30 p.m.
September 18: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan – 7.30 p.m.
September 19: India vs Oman – 7.30 p.m.
Super Fours:
September 20: B1 vs B2 – 7.30 p.m.
September 21: A1 vs A2 – 7.30 p.m.
September 23: A2 vs B1 – 7.30 p.m.
September 24: A1 vs B2 – 7.30 p.m.
September 25: A2 vs B2 – 7.30 p.m.
September 26: A1 vs B1 – 7.30 p.m.
Final: September 28. – 7.30 p.m.
The full squads
Afghanistan Squad: Rashid Khan (c),Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq.
Reserve players: Wafiullah Tarakhil, Nangeyalia Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai.
Bangladesh squad: Litton Das (captain), Jaker Ali, Nurul Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Saif Hassabn, Shamim Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakibn, MMustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskjin Ahmed
Reserve players: Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Mahmud
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Capt.), Shubman Gill (Vice-capt.), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana and Rinku Singh.
Reserve players: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Pakistan squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim.
Hong Kong squad: 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)
(This will updated when the other teams also announce their squad)
