Afghanistan announce Preliminary Squad for Asia Cup 2025

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced the preliminary squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025. The tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates Cricket (UAE), beginning from 9th September in Dubai. 

Afghanistan have named a 22-member preliminary squad for the Asia Cup 2025. All these players will be training for two weeks as part of the preparation camp in the UAE. After that, the board will be finalising the 

Afghanistan are placed in Group B along with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong. They will play their first game against Hong Kong on September 9. After that, they will be seen in action on September 16 and 18. They will play all their games in Abu Dhabi. 

Rashid Khan will be leading Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2025, and the squad features some of the quality players. They will be one of the hot favourites to win the tournament as they have been playing a magnificent brand of cricket over the last few years. 

They reached the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, beating some of the big teams. They would be keen to carry on that form and win the Asia Cup 2025. 

Afghanistan's 22-member preliminary squad

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Ishaq, Rashid Khan (C), Mohammad Nabi, Nangyal Kharoti, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mujeeb Zadran, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq, Farid Malik, Saleem Safi, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad

Afghanistan schedule in the Asia Cup 2025 

September 9 - Afghanistan vs Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi (7:30 PM IST) 

September 16 - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi (7:30 PM IST) 

September 18 - Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi (7:30 PM IST)

Also Read: Asia Cup 2025 Injury Watchlist: Big Names Who Might Miss the Tournament