As a new installment of the Asia Cup Emerging tournament, the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 has already commenced on November 14 (Friday), featuring double-header contests in the group stages. The West End Park International Stadium in Doha hosts all the matches of the tournament, including the grand finale on November 23 (Sunday).

Eight participating teams have been divided into two groups, with four teams in each group (namely Group A and Group B). As the clash for the highly coveted trophy is expected to be fierce, let’s take a look at the tournament’s format and squads of all teams.

Format of the Asia Cup 2025 Rising Stars

Here is how the eight teams have been arranged into Group A and Group B in the ongoing 20-over tournament as follows:

Each team will play a single round-robin in the group stages, facing each opponent once, and the top two sides in each group points table will secure a spot in the semi-finals.

Ultimately, the winner of the semi-finals will compete in the final to claim Asia’s Rising Star Championship crown.

Dynamic Start to the Asia Cup 2025 Rising Stars

Pakistan A had a positive start to their campaign with a 40-run triumph over Oman in the season opener. On the other hand, India A secured a massive 148-run victory against the United Arab Emirates.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s monstrous knock of 42-ball-144 runs (including 11 fours and 15 sixes) elevated the tournament’s standards for the present and next generation of cricketers as well in a dynamic-paced T20I format.

Squads of All Eight Teams in Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025

Here is a complete list of all the participating teams’ squads in the ongoing Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025:

Afghanistan A 15-Member Squad

• Batters (4): Darwish Rasooli (Captain), Rahmanullah Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Imran Mir
• Wicketkeepers (2): Noor Ur Rahman, Mohammad Ishaq
• Bowlers (5): Qais Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Bilal Sami, Allah Ghazanfar
• All-Rounders (4): Farmanullah Safi, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Nangeyalia Kharote, Zubaid Akbari

Bangladesh A 15-Member Squad

• Batters (4): Jishan Alam, Yasir Ali, Zawad Abrar, Habibur Rahman Sohan
• Wicketkeepers (2): Mahidul Islam Ankon, Akbar Ali (Captain)
• Bowlers (5): Ripon Mondol, SM Meherob, Shadhin Islam, Rakibul Hasan, Ariful Islam
• All-Rounders (4): Tofael Ahmed, Abdul Gaffar Saqlain, Abu Hider Rony, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury

Hong Kong 15-Member Squad

• Batters (4): Kalhan Challu, Shiv Mathur, Kinchit Shah, Babar Hayat
• Wicketkeepers (2): Anshuman Rath, Zeeshan Ali
• Bowlers (5): Ateeq Iqbal, Ehsan Khan, Hassan Khan Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Mohammad Ghazanfar
• All-Rounders (4): Nizakat Khan, Nasrulla Rana, Yasim Murtaza, Aizaz Khan

Sri Lanka A 15-Member Squad

• Batters (3): Lasith Croospulle, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Nuwanidu Fernando
• Wicketkeepers (2): Nishan Madushka, Sohan de Livera
• Bowlers (6): Vishen Halambage, Garuka Sanketh, Isitha Wijesundera, Pramod Madushan, Traveen Mathew, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
• All-Rounders (4): Sahan Arachchige, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Ramesh Mendis

Pakistan A 15-Member Squad

• Batters (3): Yasir Khan, Mohammad Naeem, Arafat Minhas
• Wicketkeepers (1): Ghazi Gori
• Bowlers (5): Ahmed Daniyal, Ubaid Shah, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Shahid Aziz, Sufiyan Muqeem
• All-Rounders (6): Irfan Khan (Captain), Mubasir Khan, Saad Masood, Muhammad Shahzad, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Fariq

India A 15-Member Squad

• Batters (4): Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Naman Dhir
• Wicketkeepers (2): Abishek Porel, Jitesh Sharma
• Bowlers (5): Yash Thakur, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Gurjapneet Singh, Suyash Sharma
• All-Rounders (4): Suryansh Shedge, Ashutosh Sharma, Ramandeep Singh, Harsh Dubey

United Arab Emirates (UAE) 14-Member Squad

• Batters (4): Ethan DSouza, Sohaib Khan, Mayank Kumar, Yayin Rai
• Wicketkeepers (1): Syed Haider
• Bowlers (6): Muhammad Farooq, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Arfan
• All-Rounders (3): Alishan Sharafu, Harshit Kaushik, Aayan Afzal Khan

Oman 13-Member Squad

• Batters (1): Zikria Islam
• Wicketkeepers (2): Hammad Mirza (Captain), Sufyan Yousaf
• Bowlers (5): Aryan Bisht, Shuaib Al Balushi, Samay Shrivastava, Pruthvikumar Macchi, Ubaid Ullaha
• All-Rounders (5): Wasim Ali, Muzahir Raza, Shafiq Jan, Hassnain Shah, Jay Odedra

Where to Watch Asia Cup 2025 Rising Stars? Live Streaming and Telecast

Viewers in India can enjoy the live-streaming coverage of the Asia Cup 2025 Rising Stars matches on the Sony Liv app and its official website. Also, the live telecast will be provided on the different channels of the Sony Sports Network (Sony Sports 1, Sony Sports 3 Hindi, Sony Sports 4 Tamil, Sony Sports Ten 1 HD, and Sony Sports 5).

Overall Schedule of ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025

The Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 comprises 15 T20Is scheduled between November 14 (Friday) and November 23 (Sunday) in Doha: