The squads for all 8 participating teams in the 2025 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament have been revealed. On Thursday, September 4, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its lineup for the tournament, with Muhammad Waseem leading the team.
The Asia Cup is set to take place from September 9 to 28 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE. This edition will adopt the T20 format, deemed crucial for preparation ahead of next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
In the Asia Cup, the eight teams are divided into two groups. Group A consists of India, Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates, while Group B features Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Four stage, and the two leading teams in this stage will compete in the final. Let's take a closer look at each of the squads ahead of the Asia Cup...
India:
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
Bangladesh:
Liton Das (Captain), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Towhid Hridoy, Zakir Ali Anik, Shamim Hossain, Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin.
Hong Kong:
Yasim Murtaza (Captain), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Nizakat Khan, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Challu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Muhammad Aizaz Khan, Atif Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Adil Mahmood, Haroon Muhammad Arshad, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Muhammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan.
Oman:
Jatinder Singh (Captain), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, Sufiyan Yousuf, Ashish Odedra, Aamir Kaleem, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufiyan Mahmood, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonavale, Zikaria Islam, Hasnain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Mohammad Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Srivastava.
Pakistan:
Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Mukeem.
Sri Lanka:
Charith Asalanka (Captain), 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 (Captain), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D'souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Mohammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Simranjit Singh, Sagheer Khan.
