Asia Cup 2025 Schedule: All 19 Asia Cup 2025 matches have been rescheduled, the Emirates Cricket Board announced. 18 of the 19 matches were originally scheduled to start at 7:30 PM IST (6 PM local time). Now 18 of them will start at 8 PM IST (6:30 PM local time).
The UAE vs Oman match on September 15 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi will be a day game. The match will start at 5:30 PM IST (4 PM local time) and all other matches will follow the new evening start.
The Asia Cup begins on September 9 with Afghanistan vs Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi. The big one – India vs Pakistan – is on September 14 in Dubai at 8 PM IST.
Asia Cup 2025 schedule dates
The tournament will end on September 28 with the final in Dubai at 8 PM IST. September 29 is a reserve day and September 22 and 27 are rest days.
Asia Cup 2025 schedule
September 9 – Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 10 – India vs United Arab Emirates, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 11 – Bangladesh vs Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 12 – Pakistan vs Oman, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 13 – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 14 – India vs Pakistan, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 15 – UAE vs Oman, Abu Dhabi – 5:30 PM IST
September 15 – Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 16 – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 17 – Pakistan vs UAE, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 18 – Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 19 – India vs Oman, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 20 – B1 vs B2, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 21 – A1 vs A2, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 22 – Rest Day
September 23 – A2 vs B1, Abu Dhabi – 8 PM IST
September 24 – A1 vs B2, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 25 – A2 vs B2, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 26 – A1 vs B1, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 27 – Rest Day
September 28 – Final, Dubai – 8 PM IST
September 29 – Reserve Day
Asia Cup 2025 Squads
The tournament will see top Asian teams competing, with most squads already announced. India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, while Rashid Khan, Litton Das, Charith Asalanka, and Salman Ali Agha will captain Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan respectively. UAE is yet to confirm its lineup.
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), 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, Rinku Singh.
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.
Sri Lanka squad: 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.
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.
Bangladesh squad: Litton Das (c), Jaker Ali, Nurul Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Saif Hassabn, Shamim Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakibn, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskjin Ahmed.
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).
Oman squad: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammed Nadeem, Hammad Mirza, Aamir Kaleem, Sufyan Mehmood, Ashish Odedra, Shakeel Ahmad, Aryan Bisht, Samay Shrivastava, Karan Sonavale, Hassnain Ali Shah, Muhammed Imran, Sufyan Yousaf, Nadeem Khan, Zikriya Islam, Faisal Shah.
UAE squad: Yet to announce.