Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025, a new revised version of the former Emerging teams of Asia Cup The tournament is scheduled to begin on Friday, November 14 in Doha. With the participation of eight exciting teams, the tournament promises to showcase the next generation of Asian cricket talent in a fast-paced T20 format.
With cricketing powers like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka sending strong teams along with competing sides from UAE, Oman, Afghanistan and Hong Kong, the tournament promises to be a perfect blend of skill, excitement and unpredictability.
Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025: Format
The eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four each:
Group A
- bangladesh a
- afghanistan a
- Sri Lanka A
- hong kong
group b
Each team will play the other three teams in its group once. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals.
- The Group A winner will take on the Group B runner-up
- Group B winner will face Group A runner-up
The winners of these semi-finals will then meet in the final, where the Rising Stars champion will be crowned.
Afghanistan A, the defending champions from the last edition, are entering the tournament with confidence – but it will not be easy for them to defend the title. With India A fielding one of their strongest teams in years, the fight for the trophy is expected to be intense.
Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 squad: Full list of players
Afghanistan A: Darwish Rasooli (captain), Sediqullah Atal, Noor Rehman, Mohammad Ishaq (wicketkeeper), Zubaid Akbari, Imran Mir, Rahmanullah Zadran, Ijaz Ahmed Ahmedzai, Nangyal Kharoti, Qais Ahmed, AM Ghazanfar, Bilal Sami, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Farmanullah Safi.
Bangladesh A: Akbar Ali (captain), Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Yasir Ali, Zishan Alam, Ariful Islam, Rakibul Hasan, Mahidul Ankon (wicketkeeper), Tofail Ahmed Rehan, Mrityunjoy Choudhary, Meherob Hasan, Ripon Mondol, Abu Hyder Rony, Mohammad Shahdin Islam, Jawad Abrar, Mohammad Abdul Ghaffar.
Hong Kong: Yasim Mortaza (captain), Zeeshan Ali (wicketkeeper), Nizakat Khan, Narula Rana, Hasan Khan, Anshuman Rath, Babar Hayat, Ehsan Khan, Kalhan Challu, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Aijaz Khan, Atiq Iqbal, Shiv Mathur, Kinchit Shah, Mohammad Waheed.
India A: Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dheer (Vice Captain), Suryansh Shedge, Jitesh Sharma(captain and wicketkeeper), Ramandeep Singh, Harsh Dubey, Ashutosh Sharma, Yash Thakur, Gurjapaneet Singh, Vijay Kumar Vishak, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Suyyash Sharma. Stand-by players: Gurnoor Singh Brar, Kumar Kushagra, Tanush Kotian, Sameer Rizvi, Sheikh Rashid
Oman: Hammad Mirza (captain), Wasim Ali, Sufiyan Yousuf (wicketkeeper), Aryan Bisht, Saishiv Narayan, Zikaria Islam, Hasnain Ali Shah, Shafiq Jan, Samay Srivastava, Muzahir Raza, Mohammad Yousuf, Shuaib Ismail, Jay Odedra, Prithvi Machhi, Ubaidullah.
Pakistan A: Irfan Khan (captain), Yasir Khan, Muhammad Nayeem, Muhammad Faiq, Maaz Sadaqat, Ghazi Ghori, Muhammad Shahzad, Saad Masood, Arafat Minhas, Mubasir Khan, Shahid Aziz, Sufyan Mokim, Ubaid Shah, Muhammad Salman, Ahmed Daniyal.
Sri Lanka A: Dunith Vellaage (captain), Vishen Halambage, Nissan Madushka (wk), Lasith Kruspule, Nuwanidu Fernando, Ramesh Mendis, Kavindu De Livera, Sahan Arachige, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Pramod Madushan, Garuka Sanketh, Isitha Wijesundara, Milan Rathnayaka, Vijayakanth Vyaskanth, Trevin Mathew.
United Arab Emirates: Alishan Sharafu (captain), Ayan Khan, Rohid Khan, Mayank Kumar, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Harshit Kaushik, Yayin Rai, Ethan D’Souza, Ahmed Tariq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Sohaib Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Haider Shah, Farazuddin.
