For the first time in the Asia Cup, eight teams are scheduled to participate, which will be played till September 9-28. The matches will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, the host of the tournament is India. BCCI agreed to match the UAE due to consent on neutral venue with Pakistan. So far, a total of 5 countries including India and Pakistan have announced their respective squads.

Talking about the Indian squad, Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain, while the weight of the vice -captain has been assigned to Shubman Gill. Senior players like Hardik Pandya to Akshar Patel and Jaspreet Bumrah have been included in Team India. At the same time, the Pakistani team will come in the Asia Cup without Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan and the team will captain Salman Ali Aga. Apart from them, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong have announced their respective squads.

Squad of all teams for Asia Cup:

India- Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh

Pakistan- Salman Ali Aga (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyi, Sufiyi, Sufiy

Afghanistan- Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Jadaran, Darwish Rasuli, Seedikullah Atal, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujib ur Rehman, Allah Ghaznafar, Noor Ahmed, Farid Malik, Naveen, Naveen

Bangladesh- Litan Das (Captain), Tanjid Hasan, Parvez Hussain Imon, Saif Hasan, Tauheed Hridayi, Jekar Ali Anik, Shamim Hussain, Qazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hussain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rehman, Tanjim Hasim Hasim, Taskin Ahmed, Shiful Islam, Shaful Islam, Shaful Islam

Hong Kong- Yasim Murtaza (captain), Babur Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammed, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Koetzi, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chalu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Aijaz Khan, Ati Rahman Iqbal, Kidi Shah, Kidhi Shah, Adil Mahmood, Aaron Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hasan, Ali Hasan, Shahid Vasif, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan

Oman- Not yet declared

Sri Lanka- Not yet declared

UAE- Not yet declared

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