By Ravi - Aug 19, 2025 05:11 PM
The Asia Cup T20 tournament will start from September 9 and will run till September 28. Fans are eagerly waiting for this tournament to be held in T20 format. Especially the high voltage match between India and Pakistan is awaited. According to the tournament schedule, this match is to be held in Dubai on September 14. However, it is not yet decided whether the Indian team will play this match or not. At the same time, India will play its first match against UAE on September 10. Let us know how much the Indian team has changed since 2008.
| 2008 | 2010 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) |
| Yuvraj Singh | Gautam Gambhir | Virat Kohli (Vice-Captain) |
| Gautam Gambhir | Dinesh Karthik | Gautam Gambhir |
| Virender Sehwag | Virat Kohli | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Rohit Sharma | Suresh Raina | Suresh Raina |
| Robin Uthappa | Rohit Sharma | Rohit Sharma |
| Suresh Raina | Saurabh Tiwary | Manoj Tiwary |
| Irfan Pathan | Virender Sehwag (Withdraw) | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Yusuf Pathan | Ravichandran Ashwin | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Piyush Chawla | Ravindra Jadeja | Irfan Pathan |
| Pragyan Ojha | Ashish Nehra | Yusuf Pathan |
| Manpreet Gony | Harbhajan Singh | Ashok Dinda |
| Praveen Kumar | Zaheer Khan | Praveen Kumar |
| Ishant Sharma | Praveen Kumar | Rahul Sharma |
| R.P. Singh | Pragyan Ojha | Vinay Kumar |
| Sreesanth (Withdraw) | Ashok Dinda |
| 2014 | 2016 (T20) | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (Captain) | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) | Rohit Sharma (Captain) |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Shikhar Dhawan | Shikhar Dhawan (Vice-Captain) |
| Dinesh Karthik | Virat Kohli | M.S. Dhoni |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Parthiv Patel | Dinesh Karthik |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Ajinkya Rahane | Manish Pandey |
| Ambati Rayudu | Suresh Raina | K.L. Rahul |
| Rohit Sharma | Rohit Sharma | Ambati Rayudu |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Withdraw) | Yuvraj Singh | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Ravichandran Ashwin | Kedar Jadhav |
| Stuart Binny | Ravindra Jadeja | Hardik Pandya (Withdraw) |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Hardik Pandya | Axar Patel (Withdraw) |
| Varun Aaron | Jasprit Bumrah | Khaleel Ahmed |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Harbhajan Singh | Jasprit Bumrah |
| Amit Mishra | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Mohammed Shami | Pawan Negi | Deepak Chahar |
| Ishwar Pandey | Ashish Nehra | Siddarth Kaul |
| Mohammed Shami (Withdraw) | Kuldeep Yadav | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | ||
| Shardul Thakur (Withdraw) |
| 2022 (T20) | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (Captain) | Rohit Sharma (Captain) |
| K.L. Rahul (Vice-Captain) | Ishan Kishan |
| Dinesh Karthik | Shreyas Iyer |
| Virat Kohli | Virat Kohli |
| Rishabh Pant | K.L. Rahul |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Shubman Gill |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Suryakumar Yadav |
| Deepak Hooda | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Hardik Pandya | Hardik Pandya |
| Axar Patel | Tilak Varma |
| Ravindra Jadeja (Vidrohi) | Washington Sundar |
| Arshdeep Singh | Axar Patel (Vidrohi) |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Jasprit Bumrah |
| Deepak Chahar | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Mohammed Shami |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Mohammed Siraj |
| Avesh Khan (Vidrohi) | Prasidh Krishna |
| Shardul Thakur |
Also Read: Team India Squad Announced for Asia Cup 2025: Full Players List
In 2025, this tournament will be played in T20 format. Both Rohit and Virat have retired from T20 International and Suryakumar Yadav will be seen leading the team in this edition. This time the team looks completely changed. This tournament is very important for India in view of the T20 World Cup to be held next year, as Team India is the defending champion of T20.
This tournament started in 1984 and from then till 2014 this tournament was played in ODI format only. In 2016, for the first time, Asia Cup was organized in T20 format. Then in 2022, for the second time, this tournament was played in T20 format. In 2018 and 2023, it was played in ODI format. In 2016, India won the Asia Cup T20, while in 2022, Sri Lanka won it. If both ODI and T20 formats are combined, then India has become champion a total of eight times. After this comes Sri Lanka. This team has won the Asia Cup title six times. At the same time, Pakistan's team has become champion twice.
| Year | Format | Host | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | ODI | UAE | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1986 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| 1988 | ODI | Bangladesh | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1990-91 | ODI | India | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1995 | ODI | UAE | India | Sri Lanka |
| 1997 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | India |
| 2000 | ODI | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| 2004 | ODI | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | India |
| 2008 | ODI | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | India |
| 2010 | ODI | Sri Lanka | India | Sri Lanka |
| 2012 | ODI | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| 2014 | ODI | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| 2016 | T20 | Bangladesh | India | Bangladesh |
| 2018 | ODI | UAE | India | Bangladesh |
| 2022 | T20 | UAE | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| 2023 | ODI | Pakistan, Sri Lanka | India | Sri Lanka |
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
HK
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
UAE
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
HK
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
OMN
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
SL
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
PAK
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
OMN
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
HK
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
AFG
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
UAE
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
AFG
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
OMN
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TBC
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TBC
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium
TBC
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TBC
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TBC
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TBC
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
TBC
Give Your Feedback