Asia Cup 2025 at a glance
The 2025 Asia Cup was the 17th edition of the men’s continental cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. It ran in the United Arab Emirates from 9 to 28 September 2025, beginning in Abu Dhabi and ending in Dubai.
India finished as champions after beating Pakistan by five wickets in the final at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 28 September. The result delivered India a ninth Asia Cup title.
The tournament’s decisive match was a men’s T20 international, putting India and Pakistan together for the title after they had also met earlier in the event. For readers looking for the essential completed-tournament answer, that is the key result: India defeated Pakistan in Dubai to lift the 2025 Asia Cup.
Two venues are directly associated with the tournament’s bookends. Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi staged the opening fixture on 9 September, while Dubai International Cricket Stadium hosted the final. The event was held in the UAE, although this overview does not treat those two grounds as a confirmed complete venue list.
What the 2025 Asia Cup was
The Men’s Asia Cup is a biennial competition for senior men’s national teams from Asian member countries and determines Asia’s continental cricket champion. The Asian Cricket Council organises the event.
In 2025, the competition reached its 17th edition. Its final was played as a men’s T20I, with India overcoming Pakistan by five wickets. That final provides the clearest confirmed format reference for the event, though the material here does not establish the format of every match across the full tournament.
The Asia Cup’s importance comes from its continental focus: it brings leading Asian national sides into a single title race rather than being a bilateral series. In 2025, the tournament culminated in another India–Pakistan final, with India taking the championship.
When and where the tournament was played
The 2025 Asia Cup took place from 9 September to 28 September in the United Arab Emirates. Its opening match was scheduled at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, also referred to as Zayed Cricket Stadium, in Abu Dhabi.
The final was held 19 days later at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. India and Pakistan contested that match on 28 September, making Dubai the confirmed setting for the title decision.
Abu Dhabi and Dubai are therefore the two confirmed host cities in the available tournament record. The opening fixture and final establish the event’s geographical span, but they do not by themselves confirm whether other UAE venues were used during the tournament.
Teams and tournament format
The available record confirms Afghanistan, Hong Kong, India, Oman and Pakistan as teams involved in named 2025 Asia Cup fixtures. Afghanistan were scheduled to play Hong Kong in the opener, while India recorded victories over Pakistan and Oman before later facing Pakistan again in a Super Four match and in the final.
That match trail shows that the competition included a Super Four stage before the final. However, a complete participant list, the group allocations and the full competition pathway are not established here. It would be misleading to reconstruct a group table, name every side, or state advancement rules without a confirmed tournament record.
Similarly, no verified final standings are available for either the group phase or the Super Four stage. The confirmed progression is narrower but clear: India and Pakistan became the finalists, and India won the championship match.
Fixtures: opening match and final
The confirmed schedule bookends are straightforward. The tournament opened in Abu Dhabi on 9 September and concluded with the final in Dubai on 28 September.
Afghanistan were scheduled to meet Hong Kong in the first fixture at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 9 September. One schedule listing gave the match a 7:30 AM start, but did not identify the time zone. That means the figure should not be read as an Australian local start time or converted into one without further schedule information.
The final followed at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 28 September, with India playing Pakistan. It was the event’s title match and the confirmed endpoint of the tournament.
A full fixture-by-fixture calendar is not included here because the remaining dates, grounds, start times and time zones are not established in the available record. For the same reason, there is no attempt to supply Australian-time conversions. The reliable fixture reference is the opening match in Abu Dhabi and the final in Dubai, alongside the confirmed India results recorded during the tournament.
Match results and tournament progression
India’s confirmed 2025 Asia Cup results included a win over Pakistan on 14 September, a win over Oman on 19 September, and another victory over Pakistan in a Super Four match on 22 September. Those results set the context for the eventual final between India and Pakistan.
The final completed the sequence. India beat Pakistan by five wickets at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 28 September, securing the Asia Cup title.
Beyond those matches, this page does not present a complete results grid. The remaining match outcomes, scorecards and margins are not established in the record used for this overview. Nor is there confirmation of whether any fixtures were abandoned or finished without a result. A partial list labelled as a complete tournament record would create more confusion than clarity.
The same restraint applies to standings. There is no confirmed final group-stage table, Super Four points table or detailed qualification breakdown to reproduce. It is confirmed that India and Pakistan reached the final, but the exact points and placing of other teams are not set out here.
Individual leaderboards are also absent. No verified tournament totals for leading run-scorers or wicket-takers are available for inclusion, so this overview does not name statistical leaders or attach unconfirmed totals to players.
What can be said with confidence is that India won key recorded matches against Pakistan and Oman, defeated Pakistan again in the Super Four, and then completed the tournament by beating Pakistan in the final. The final result, rather than an incomplete standings reconstruction, is the clearest guide to the tournament’s outcome.
India vs Pakistan: the Asia Cup 2025 final
The Asia Cup 2025 final brought India and Pakistan to Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 28 September. It was played as a men’s T20I and ended with India winning by five wickets.
That victory made India the 2025 Asia Cup champions and gave them a ninth Asia Cup title. It also capped a tournament in which India had already beaten Pakistan on 14 September and again in the Super Four on 22 September.
For a quick final reference: India were the champions, Pakistan were runners-up, Dubai was the final venue, and the winning margin was five wickets.