Asia Cup 2025: Team is foreign, heart is Indian... many 'Indian' players will play to help Oman, Hong Kong, UAE win

Indian Origin Cricketers in Asia Cup 2025: The countdown to Asia Cup 2025 has begun. This time in T20 format

India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Oman, Hong Kong and UAE teams are playing in the format starting from September 9. The first match of the tournament is to be played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. At the same time, the Indian team will play its first match against hosts UAE on September 10.

There are many players of Indian origin in the teams like Oman, Hong Kong and UAE playing in this tournament.

How many players of Indian origin are there in the Oman team playing in the Asia Cup?

Oman captain 36-year-old Jatinder is originally from Ludhiana, Punjab. He made his T20 debut in 2015 against Afghanistan. This right-handed batsman has scored 1399 runs in 64 T20 matches at an average of 24.54. At the same time, he has scored 1704 runs in 61 matches. The team's wicketkeeper Vinayak Shukla is also of Indian origin. Apart from this, Karan Sonawale, Aryan Bisht, Ashish Odedera are also of Indian origin.

At the same time, Pakistani origin Aamir Kaleem, Mohammad Nadeem, Muhammad Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal are also included in the Oman team.

Oman's squad for Asia Cup 2025: Jatinder Singh (captain), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, Sufiyan Yusuf, Ashish

Odedera, Aamir Kaleem, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufiyan Mahmood, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonawale, Zikriya Islam, Hasnain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Mohammad Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Srivastava.

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How many players of Indian origin are there in the UAE team playing in Asia Cup 2025?

For Asia Cup 2025, the UAE team will be led by Mohammad Wasim. Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Harshit Kaushik, Rahul Chopra, Simranjit Singh are of Indian origin in this team. Kerala-born Alishan Sharafu is also included in the team. Apart from this, Pakistani origin Asif Khan, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddiqui are also included in the UAE team.

UAE team: Mohammad Wasim (captain), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D'Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddiqui, Matiullah Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Mohammad Javdullah, Mohammad Zoheb, Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan, Simranjit Singh, Sagir Khan.

How many players of Indian origin are there in the Hong Kong team playing in Asia Cup 2025?

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Yasim Murtaza is captaining the Hong Kong team in Asia Cup 2025. He is of Pakistani origin, 34-year-old Yasim has played domestic cricket in Pakistan. The team also includes Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazkat Khan Mohammad, Adil Mahmood, Shahid Wasif, Anas Khan of Pakistani origin. Anshuman Rath of Indian origin is also in this team, 27-year-old Rath has played in Ranji Trophy for Odisha. Apart from this, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Kinchin Shah of Indian origin are included in the Hong Kong team.

Hong Kong squad: Yasin Murtaza (captain), Babar Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazkat Khan Mohammad, Nakhulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chalu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Jaz Khan, Atiq-ul-Rehman Iqbal, Kinchit Shah, Adil Mahmood, Haroon Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hasan, Shahid Wasif, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan.