The 2025 Men's Asia Cup is the 17th edition of the tournament and will be held in the UAE beginning on 9th September 2025.
Start date: 9th September 2025 |
End date: 28th September 2025 |
Game times: 15:30 BST |
Current holders: India |
Location: UAE |
Dates & Times
The opening match between Afghanistan and Hong Kong takes place on Tuesday 9th September.
All group stage matches will begin at 15:30 BST with the exception of UAE v Oman on Monday 15th September starting at 13:00 BST.
Schedule
The group stages take placed between September 9th and September 19th.
After this, the Super Fours stage will begin on 20th September and last up until the 26th September.
The final of the 2025 Asia Cup will take place on Sunday 28th September.
Location
Matches will take place in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Format
The 2025 Asia Cup is a T20 competition.
Teams/Groups
Eight teams compete in the Asia Cup with teams split into two groups of four to begin the tournament.
Group A: India, Oman, Pakistan, UAE
Group B: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka
History
The first edition of the Asia Cup took place in 1984 and was won by India.
Early iterations of the tournament included a lot less teams with the first contested between just India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka are the only nation to appear at every single Asia Cup after India (1986) and Pakistan (1990/91) staged boycotts.
Up until 2016, the event was staged as an ODI tournament but the format is now on a rotation basis and corresponds with the upcoming ICC event.
India is the most successful team in the history of the Asia Cup - winning it on eight different occasions.
Current Holders
India are the current holders after defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the 2023 final.
Records and Stats
Batting - ODI
Highest score: Virat Kohli v Pakistan - 183 (2012) |
Most runs: Sanath Jayasuriya - 1,220 |
Most hundreds: Sanath Jayasuriya - 6 |
Most sixes: Rohit Sharma - 28 |
Bowling - ODI
Best bowling: Ajantha Mendis v India - 6/13 (2008) |
Most wickets: Muttiah Muralitharan - 30 |
Most wickets in a tournament: Ajantha Mendis - 17 (2008) |
Most 5fers: Lasith Malinga - 3 |
Batting - T20
Highest score: Virat Kohli v Afghanistan 122* (2022) |
Most runs: Virat Kohli - 429 |
Most hundreds: Virat Kohli & Babar Hayat - 1 |
Most sixes: Najibullah Mortaza - 13 |
Bowling - T20
Best bowling: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar - 5/4 (2022) |
Most wickets: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar - 13 |
Most wickets in a tournament: Amjad Javed - 12 (2016) |
Most 5fers: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar - 1 |
Prize Money
Whilst the official figures have not yet been released, reports suggest that the winners will take home £222,960 with the runners-up awarded £111,465.
Additional rewards include a £3,700 prize awarded to the Man of the Match and Player of the Tournament.
Tournament specific details
The 2025 edition of the tournament was originally due to be hosted in India but a decision was undertaken last year to change the host nation to UAE.
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