Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) will be hosting the ACC Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 from November 14th – 23rd, 2025 in Doha. The tournament, which was previously being played as the ACC Emerging Nations Asia Cup (last edition played in 2024 in Oman), will continue to be played in the T20 format.
The Full Member teams in the region (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) will be fielding their “A” squads, and will be joined by the Associate Member teams from United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Hong Kong, China. The teams will be played in two (2) groups, and after the single round-robin group stage format, will see the top two (2) teams from both groups advance to the semifinals. The 2024 edition saw Hong Kong, China register a win over Afghanistan A in the group stage, who became the eventual Champions of the tournament, with a win over Sri Lanka A in the final.
Group A: Afghanistan A, Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A, Hong Kong-China
Group B: India A, Pakistan A, UAE, Oman
ACC Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 Schedule
United Arab Emirates: Alishan Sharafu (Captain), Aayan Khan, Ahmed Tariq, Ethan D’ Souza, Haider Shah, Harshit Kaushik, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farazuddin, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Rohid Khan, Sohaib Khan, Yayin Khan and Zahid Ali
Oman: Hammad Mirza (Captain), Wasim Ali, Sufyan Yousaf, Aryan Bisht, Saishiv Narayan, Zikria Islam, Hassnain Ali Shah, Shafiq Jan, Samay Shrivastava, Muzahir Raza, Md Yousuf, Jay Odedra, Pruthvi Machhi, Ubaidullah and Shuaib Ismail Al Balushi
Hong Kong, China: Yasim Murtaza (Captain), Babar Hayat, Shiv Mathur, Zeeshan Ali, Ehsan Khan, Kinchit Shah, Nizakat Khan, Kalhan Challu, Md. Waheed, Nasrulla Rana, Md. Ghazanfar, Hassan Khan, Aizaz Khan, Anshuman Rath and Ateeq Iqbal
14th November 2025: Pakistan A vs Oman (Scorecard) ; India A vs UAE (Scorecard)
15th November 2025: Hong Kong, China vs Bangladesh A (Scorecard)
16th November 2025: UAE vs Oman (Scorecard)
17th November 2025: Sri Lanka A vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)
18th November 2025: UAE vs Pakistan A (Scorecard) ; India A vs Oman (Scorecard)
19th November 2025: Afghanistan A vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)
