2025 Asia Cup Rising Stars

2025 Asia Cup Rising Stars

Dates	14 – 23 November 2025
Administrator	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20, Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group round-robin and knockout
Host	Qatar
Participants	8
Matches	15
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The 2025 Asia Cup Rising Stars (also known as DP World Asia Cup Rising Stars for sponsorship reasons) is the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup Rising Stars that is being played in November 2025 in Qatar. ^[1] Eight teams are competing in the tournament, including 'A' teams, i.e. the reserve squads from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, as well as 3 qualifiers from the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup. ^[2] The tournament is organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). ^[3]

Teams

The participating teams were placed in the following groups. ^{[4] [5]}

Group A	Group B
Afghanistan A Bangladesh A   Hong Kong Sri Lanka A	India A   Oman Pakistan Shaheens   United Arab Emirates

Squads

Afghanistan A [6]	Bangladesh A [7]	Hong Kong [8]	India A [9]
Darwish Rasooli (c) Sediqullah Atal (vc) Qais Ahmad Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai Abdollah Ahmadzai Zubaid Akbari Faridoon Dawoodzai Farmanullah Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Nangeyalia Kharote Imran Mir Noor Rahman (wk) Bilal Sami Rahmanullah Zadran	Akbar Ali (c, wk) Zawad Abrar (wk) Abu Hider Tufayel Ahmed Jishan Alam Yasir Ali Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk) Ariful Islam Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Shadhin Islam SM Meherob Ripon Mondol Rakibul Hasan Abdul Gaffar Saqlain Habibur Rahman Sohan	Yasim Murtaza (c) Babar Hayat (vc) Zeeshan Ali (wk) Kalhan Challu Mohammad Ghazanfar Ateeq Iqbal Aizaz Khan Ehsan Khan Nizakat Khan Shiv Mathur Hassan Khan Mohammad Nasrulla Rana Anshuman Rath Kinchit Shah Mohammad Waheed	Jitesh Sharma (c, wk) Naman Dhir (vc) Priyansh Arya Harsh Dubey Abhishek Porel (wk) Ashutosh Sharma Suyash Sharma Suryansh Shedge Ramandeep Singh Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Gurjapneet Singh Yudhvir Singh Yash Thakur Vijaykumar Vyshak Nehal Wadhera
Oman [10]	Pakistan Shaheens [11]	Sri Lanka A [12]	United Arab Emirates [13]
Hammad Mirza (c) Wasim Ali Shuaib Al Balushi Aryan Bisht Zikria Islam Shafiq Jan Pruthvikumar Machhi Obaidullah Jay Odedra Muzahir Raza Narayan Saishiv Hassnain Shah Samay Shrivastava Mohammed Yousuf Sufyan Yousaf (wk)	Irfan Khan Niazi (c) Shahid Aziz Ahmed Daniyal Mohammad Faiq Ghazi Ghori (wk) Mubasir Khan Yasir Khan Saad Masood Arafat Minhas Salman Mirza Sufiyan Muqeem Mohammad Naeem Maaz Sadaqat Ubaid Shah Muhammad Shahzad	Dunith Wellalage (c) Sahan Arachchige Lasith Croospulle Sohan de Livera Nuwanidu Fernando Vishen Halambage Pramod Madushan Nishan Madushka (wk) Traveen Mathew Ramesh Mendis Milan Rathnayake Garuka Sanketh Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Ahan Wickramasinghe Isitha Wijesundara	Alishan Sharafu (c) Zahid Ali Muhammad Arfan Ethan D'Souza Mohammed Faraazuddin Muhammad Farooq Syed Haider (wk) Muhammad Jawadullah Harshit Kaushik Sohaib Khan Mayank Kumar Aayan Afzal Khan Yayin Kiran Rai Muhammad Rohid Ahmed Tariq

Afghanistan also named Yama Arab, Sediqullah Pacha and Wafiullah Tarakhil as reserve players. ^[14]

Preparations

Afghanistan in Qatar

Main article: Afghan cricket team in Qatar in 2025–26

The Afghan squad played a 3-match series against Qatar, the last of which had official T20I status. ^[15]

Hong Kong in Qatar

Hong Kong men's cricket team in Qatar in 2025–26
	Qatar	Hong Kong
Dates	12 November 2025 – 13 November 2025
Captains	Mirza Mohammed Baig	Yasim Murtaza
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Mohammad Ahnaff (48)	Shiv Mathur (37)
Most wickets	Saqlain Arshad (4) Muhammad Asim (4)	Ateeq Iqbal (4)
Player of the series	Muhammad Asim (Qat)

Hong Kong played two T20Is against Qatar before the tournament. ^{[8] [15]}

T20I series

All times are in Arabian Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

1st T20I

12 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Qatar   109 (19.3 overs)	v	Hong Kong 103/9 (20 overs)
Imal Liyanage 28 (23) Ateeq Iqbal 3/8 (2.3 overs)		Yasim Murtaza 20 (21) Mirza Mohammed Baig 3/8 (3 overs)

Qatar won by 6 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Asghar Ali Bhatti (Qat) and Tahir Mehmood (Qat) Player of the match: Mirza Mohammed Baig (Qat)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mokbul Ahammed (Qat) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

13 November 2025 13:00 Scorecard

Hong Kong   131/9 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 122/7 (20 overs)
Anshuman Rath 31 (36) Muhammad Asim 3/26 (4 overs)		Mohammad Ahnaff 48* (40) Ehsan Khan 2/26 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 9 runs UDST Cricket Ground, Doha Umpires: Abdul Jabbar (Qat) and Asghar Ali Bhatti (Qat) Player of the match: Zeeshan Ali (HK)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

Group stage

The fixtures were announced by ACC on 31 October 2025. ^[16]

All times are in Arabian Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Group A

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Bangladesh A	3	2	1	0	4	2.323	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	Sri Lanka A	3	2	1	0	4	0.970
3	Afghanistan A	3	2	1	0	4	−0.321
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	0	−2.947

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

15 November 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Hong Kong   167/8 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 171/2 (11 overs)
Babar Hayat 63 (49) Ripon Mondol 2/24 (4 overs)		Habibur Rahman Sohan 100* (35) Ehsan Khan 2/33 (3 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 8 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Habibur Rahman Sohan (Bangladesh A)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to field.

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15 November 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 170/9 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan A 171/7 (19.5 overs)
Milan Rathnayake 41 (19) Bilal Sami 4/45 (4 overs)		Sediqullah Atal 54 (27) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 3/28 (4 overs)

Afghanistan A won by 3 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Zulfiqar Jan (Pak) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Bilal Sami (Afghanistan A)

• Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.

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17 November 2025 12:30 Scorecard

Hong Kong   117/9 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 120/3 (13.5 overs)
Shiv Mathur 26 (23) Traveen Mathew 3/21 (4 overs)		Nuwanidu Fernando 47* (27) Anshuman Rath 1/14 (2 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 7 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Traveen Mathew (Sri Lanka A)

• Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to field.

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17 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Afghanistan A 78 (18.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 79/2 (13.3 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 27 (28) Rakibul Hasan 3/7 (4 overs)		Mahidul Islam Ankon 27 (30) Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 2/8 (4 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 8 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ripon Mondol (Bangladesh A)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to field.

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19 November 2025 12:30 Scorecard

Afghanistan A 140/6 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 116/9 (20 overs)
Mohammad Ishaq 38 (29) Hassan Khan Mohammad 3/30 (4 overs)		Babar Hayat 30 (26) Qais Ahmad 3/18 (3 overs)

Afghanistan A won by 24 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Zulfiqar Jan (Pak) Player of the match: Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan A)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

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19 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 159/7 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 153/6 (20 overs)
Sahan Arachchige 69 (49) Abu Hider 2/37 (4 overs)		Habibur Rahman Sohan 27 (14) Dunith Wellalage 3/19 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 6 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Zulfiqar Jan (Pak) and Mahmood Kharoti (Afg) Player of the match: Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka A)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Pakistan Shaheens	3	3	0	0	6	4.560	Advanced to the semi-finals
2	India A	3	2	1	0	4	1.979
3	Oman	3	1	2	0	2	−1.020
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	0	−5.283

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

14 November 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Pakistan Shaheens 220/4 (20 overs)	v	Oman 180/9 (20 overs)
Maaz Sadaqat 96* (54) Jay Odedra 1/29 (2 overs)		Zikria Islam 57 (28) Ubaid Shah 3/29 (3 overs)

Pakistan Shaheens won by 40 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) Player of the match: Maaz Sadaqat (Pakistan Shaheens)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Shafiq Jan, Narayan Saishiv and Sufyan Yousaf (Oma) all made their T20 debuts.

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14 November 2025 14:30 Scorecard

India A 297/4 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 149/7 (20 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 144 (42) Aayan Afzal Khan 1/42 (3 overs)		Sohaib Khan 63 (41) Gurjapneet Singh 3/18 (4 overs)

India A won by 148 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Mahmood Kharoti (Afg) Player of the match: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (India A)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sohaib Khan and Ahmed Tariq (UAE) both made their T20 debuts.

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16 November 2025 12:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   154/6 (20 overs)	v	Oman 155/8 (20 overs)
Syed Haider 45 (30) Wasim Ali 2/20 (4 overs)		Narayan Saishiv 31 (31) Muhammad Rohid 3/31 (4 overs)

Oman won by 2 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Wasim Ali (Oma)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shafiq Jan, Narayan Saishiv, Sufyan Yousaf (Oma), Sohaib Khan and Yayin Kiran Rai (UAE) all made their T20I debuts.

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16 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India A 136 (19 overs)	v	Pakistan Shaheens 137/2 (13.2 overs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 45 (28) Shahid Aziz 3/24 (3 overs)		Maaz Sadaqat 79* (47) Suyash Sharma 1/31 (4 overs)

Pakistan Shaheens won by 8 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Mahmood Kharoti (Afg) Player of the match: Maaz Sadaqat (Pakistan Shaheens)

• Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and elected to field.

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18 November 2025 12:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   59 (18 overs)	v	Pakistan Shaheens 61/1 (5.2 overs)
Syed Haider 20 (19) Sufiyan Muqeem 3/12 (4 overs)		Maaz Sadaqat 37* (15) Muhammad Rohid 1/25 (3 overs)

Pakistan Shaheens won by 9 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HK) Player of the match: Maaz Sadaqat (Pakistan Shaheens)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

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18 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Oman   135/7 (20 overs)	v	India A 138/4 (17.5 overs)
Wasim Ali 54* (45) Suyash Sharma 2/12 (4 overs)		Harsh Dubey 53* (44) Jay Odedra 1/18 (4 overs)

India A won by 6 wickets West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Mahmood Kharoti (Afg) Player of the match: Harsh Dubey (India A)

• India A won the toss and elected to field.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	A1	Bangladesh A	194/6 (20 overs) & 1/1
	B2	India A	194/6 (20 overs) & 0/2
						A1	Bangladesh A
						B1	Pakistan Shaheens
	B1	Pakistan Shaheens	153/9 (20 overs)
	A2	Sri Lanka A	148/9 (20 overs)

Semi-finals

1st semi-final

21 November 2025 12:30 Scorecard

Bangladesh A 194/6 (20 overs)	v	India A 194/6 (20 overs)
Habibur Rahman Sohan 65 (46) Gurjapneet Singh 2/39 (4 overs)		Priyansh Arya 44 (23) Rakibul Hasan 2/39 (4 overs)

Match tied (Bangladesh A won the Super Over) West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Mahmood Kharoti (Afg) Player of the match: Ripon Mondol (Bangladesh A)

• India A won the toss and elected to field.
• Super Over: India A 0/2, Bangladesh A 1/1.

2nd semi-final

21 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan Shaheens 153/9 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 148/9 (20 overs)
Ghazi Ghori 39* (36) Pramod Madushan 4/29 (4 overs)		Milan Rathnayake 40 (32) Sufiyan Muqeem 3/12 (4 overs)

Pakistan Shaheens won by 5 runs West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Morshed Ali Khan (Ban) and Mahmood Kharoti (Afg) Player of the match: Saad Masood (Pakistan A)

• Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to field.

Final

23 November 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh A	v	Pakistan Shaheens

West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha

Broadcasting

Country or region	Television broadcaster	Online streaming
Bangladesh	T Sports
Canada   United States	Willow
India [17]	Sony Sports Network	SonyLIV
Pakistan	PTV Sports
Sri Lanka	Sony Sports Network TV 1

References

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Qatar v Hong Kong)
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Asia Cup Rising Stars)