{"id":126567,"date":"2025-09-08T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126567\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T00:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:04:12","slug":"asia-cup-ultimate-guide-india-vs-pakistan-squads-how-to-watch-video-stream-fixtures-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126567\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup Ultimate Guide, India vs Pakistan, squads, how to watch, video, stream, fixtures, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan says his team have no \u201cspecific targets\u201d in the Asia Cup despite producing groundbreaking performances in recent ICC global events.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of last year\u2019s T20 World Cup in the United States and the Caribbean, and narrowly missed out on reaching the last four at the Champions Trophy in Pakistan earlier in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Those performances followed an impressive showing at the 2023 ODI World Cup, when the Afghans produced statement wins over England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have specific targets, and we do not want to put extra pressure on our players,\u201d Rashid said when asked if Afghanistan are targeting the Asia Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur target is to play the brand of cricket we have played over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us the main target is to put in 200 per cent effort on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1756769048_562_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have been doing well in the ICC events and although we haven\u2019t played T20I cricket over the last few months, the guys have been playing in T20 leagues around the world and that has helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of the 2025 Asia Cup exclusively LIVE on Fox Sports, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Asia Cup gets underway on September 9, as teams ramp up their preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to Afghanistan, Pakistan\u2019s fortunes are dipping after they crashed out of the last T20 World Cup in the group stage before failing to win a match at the Champions Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>This year they lost a T20 series in Bangladesh 2-1 but overcame the West Indies by the same margin.<\/p>\n<p>Under new captain Salman Agha, Pakistan are going through a transition with former skippers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan out of the T20 squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to build a team and this tri-series and then the Asia Cup will be a good opportunity to achieve that,\u201d said Agha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know both these events will be challenging but we are ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Asia Cup will also include defending champions India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Oman and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s captain Rashid Khan. Photo by FADEL SENNA \/ AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH<\/p>\n<p>For cricket fans in Australia, all 19 matches of the 2025 Asia Cup will be shown live and ad-break free on <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Kayo Sports<\/a>. The tournament will also be available to Foxtel subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>FORMAT<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Asia Cup will be a T20 tournament, helping the nations prepare for next year\u2019s T20 World Cup in the subcontinent.<\/p>\n<p>The eight competing will be split into two groups of four, with the top two teams from each pool progressing to the Super 4 stage.<\/p>\n<p>Each team in the Super 4 plays each other once, with the top two nations qualifying for the final on September 28.<\/p>\n<p>WILL INDIA AND PAKISTAN PLAY?<\/p>\n<p>India and Pakistan are in the same group and will face each other in Dubai on September 14 <\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s potential for the rivals to play each other on three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>If both nations qualify for the Super 4, they will butt heads again in Dubai on September 21.<\/p>\n<p>They could then face each other again in the final if they both qualify.<\/p>\n<p>FIXTURES<\/p>\n<p>All times local<\/p>\n<p>September 9 \u2014 Afghanistan vs Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 10 \u2014 India vs UAE in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 11 \u2014 Bangladesh vs Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 12 \u2014 Pakistan vs Oman in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 13 \u2014 Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 14 \u2014 India vs Pakistan in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 15 \u2014 UAE vs Oman in Abu Dhabi, 4pm<\/p>\n<p>September 15 \u2014 Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 16 \u2014 Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 17 \u2014 Pakistan vs UAE in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 18 \u2014 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 19 \u2014 India vs Oman in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 20 \u2014 Group B Qualifier 1 vs Group B Qualifier 2 in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 21 \u2014 Group A Qualifier 1 vs Group A Qualifier 2 in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 23 \u2014 Group A Qualifier 1 vs Group B Qualifier 2 in Abu Dhabi, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 24 \u2014 Group B Qualifier 1 vs Group A Qualifier 2 in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 25 \u2014 Group A Qualifier 2 vs Group B Qualifier 2 in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 26 \u2014 Group A Qualifier 1 vs Group B Qualifier 1 in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>September 28 \u2014 Final in Dubai, 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Jasprit Bumrah of India. Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>SQUADS<\/p>\n<p>India<\/p>\n<p>Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Charith Asalanka (c), 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<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh<\/p>\n<p>Litton Das (c), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Tawhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Shaif Uddin<\/p>\n<p>Oman<\/p>\n<p>Jatinder Singh (Captain), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Sufyan Yousuf (wk), Ashish Odedera, Aamir Kaleem, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufyan Mehmood, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonavale, Zikriya Islam, Hassnain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Mohammad Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmad, Samay Shrivastava.<\/p>\n<p>United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Waseem (capt), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma (wk), Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D\u2019Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh and Saghir Khan<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p>Yasim Murtaza (c), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammad, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Marc Challu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Ateeq ul Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Adil Mehmood, Haroon Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hassan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS WINNERS<\/p>\n<p>1984 \u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>1986 \u2014 Sri Lanka (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>1988 \u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>1990\/91\u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>1995 \u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>1997 \u2014 Sri Lanka (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2000 \u2014 Pakistan (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2004 \u2014 Sri Lanka (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2008 \u2014 Sri Lanka (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2010 \u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2012 \u2014 Pakistan (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2014 \u2014 Sri Lanka (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2016 \u2014 India (T20I)<\/p>\n<p>2018 \u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n<p>2022 \u2014 Sri Lanka (T20I)<\/p>\n<p>2023 \u2014 India (ODI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan says his team have no \u201cspecific targets\u201d in the Asia Cup despite producing groundbreaking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-126567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}