Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025: Full Schedule, Squads, IND vs PAK Match, & Venue

The Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 is set to be one of the most exciting new additions to the Asian cricket calendar, taking place in Doha, Qatar, from November 14 to 23, 2025. This tournament will be organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and has been rebranded as the Asia Cup Rising Stars Championship, having previously been known as the Emerging Asia Cup.

The tournament will feature the “A” squads of the five full-member nations, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, along with three associate sides that qualified through the ACC Premier Cup, like the UAE, Oman, and Hong Kong. The competition will be played in the T20 format and consists of 15 matches, with the eight teams divided into two groups of four. Each team will play three group matches, and the top two from each group will advance to the semi-finals, followed by the grand final.

Afghanistan enters the tournament as the defending champions, having defeated India A, led by Tilak Varma, in the semifinals before overcoming Sri Lanka A in the final of the 2024 edition. The goal behind this event is to create a strong platform for emerging cricketers across Asia, giving them international exposure and helping bridge the gap between domestic cricket and the senior national level. It is a useful tournament for the associate teams who get to play the future stars of some of the best cricket teams in the world.

Asia Cup Rising Stars Schedule 2025

The official Asia Cup Rising Stars schedule has been revealed, but only till the first 6 matches and the remaining schedule is expected to be out in a few days. As per the provisional schedule, the group stage matches are expected to take place from November 14 to 19, followed by the semi-finals on November 21 and the final on November 23.

The IND vs PAK Asia Cup Rising Stars match will take place on November 16, 2025, and this match is already being anticipated by cricket fans due to all the controversy which has revolved around these two nations in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2025. This game will be a must watch as it is also the greatest rivalry in cricket.

Asia Cup Rising Stars Squads 2025 (Probable)

The Asia Cup Rising Stars squads 2025 have not been announced yet and will be revealed by the cricketing associations of each participating country in a few days. A few young sensations are expected to feature in the Asia Cup Rising Stars championship India squad, including the likes of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre. Apart from these players, the squads have some of the highly-talented players who can emerge to become the most dangerous batsmen in the world in future. Here are the probable squads of the 8 participating teams in the Asia Cup Rising Stars championship.

India A Squad for Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Suryansh Shedge, Vipraj Nigam, Ramandeep Singh, Gurjapneet Singh, Yudhvir Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Simarjeet Singh, Anshul Kamboj.

Pakistan A Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Yasir Khan, Maaz Sadaqat, Khwaja Nafay, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Faiq, Irfan Khan, Shahid Aziz, Ghazi Ghori, Mubasir Khan, Saad Masood, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Wasim, Faisal Akram, Mohammad Salman, Ubaid Shah.

Afghanistan A Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Abdul Malik, Zubaid Akbari, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Ahmad, Ikram Alikhil, Ijaz Ahmed, Mohammad Ishaq, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Abdul Rahman, Qais Ahmad, Zia-ur-Rehman, Bilal Sami, Farmanullah, Khalil Ahmed.

Bangladesh A Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Jishan Alam, Mohammad Naim, Saif Hassan, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Yasir Ali, Tofael Ahmed, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Rakibul Hasan, Ripon Mondol, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby, Nayeem Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Musfiq Hasan.

Sri Lanka A Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Lahiru Udara, Lasith Croospulle, Kamil Mishara, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sahan Arachchige, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Pavan Rathnayake, Sonal Dinusha, Dushan Hemantha, Wanuja Sahan, Isitha Wijesundara, Pramod Madushan, Mohamed Shiraz.

UAE Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem, Mayank Kumar, Rahul Chopra, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Arfan, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Simranjeet Singh, Muhammad Rohid, Saghir Khan.

Oman Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Aryan Bisht, Vinayak Shukla, Zikria Islam, Jiten Ramanandi, Sufyan Mehmood, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed, Sufyan Yousuf, Ashish Odedera, Karan Sonavale, Hassnain Ali Shah.

Hong Kong Squad Asia Cup Rising Stars Tournament:

Zeeshan Ali, Anshy Rath, Babar Hayat, Nizakat Khan, Yasim Murtaza, Aizaz Khan, Shahid Wasif, Kinchit Shah, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Ateeq Iqbal, Martin Coetzee, Kalhan Marc Challu, Adil Mehmood, Ali‑Hassan.