The selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, has Announced India’s 15-man squad for the Asia Cup next month. Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain of the team which is in Group A with UAE, Pakistan and Oman.
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India, the defending champions, will start their tournament on September 10 against UAE in Dubai. Three days later they will play Pakistan at the same venue. They will finish their group games on September 19 against Oman in Abu Dhabi. After the group stage there will be a Super Four and then the final on September 28.
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This year the tournament is in T20 format and was originally supposed to be held in India. But due to diplomatic issues between India and Pakistan it was shifted to UAE.
Jasprit Bumrah is fit to play for India in the Asia Cup which is a big boost for the team. Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana will be part of the pace attack.
Meanwhile Sanju Samson has been chosen as the main wicketkeeper and Jitesh Sharma will be the backup. Rishabh Pant will miss the tournament as he fractured his foot during the series against England.
Apart from that Shubman Gill, India’s Test captain, will also be part of the squad for the Asia Cup in September. This T20I tournament is the first big preparation for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Gill will be Suryakumar Yadav’s vice-captain.
This comes after Gill’s great performance in IPL 2025 where he scored 650 runs with a strike rate of almost 156 proving he is one of the most dangerous top-order batters.
Gill was not part of India’s T20I plans since August 2024. He was only a reserve for the 2024 T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies. Since then Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson have been the preferred opening pair.
India Squad For Asia Cup 2025
Surya Kumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh
Standbys for Asia Cup for Team India:
Prasidh Krishna
Washington Sundar
Riyan Parag
Dhruv Jurel
Yashasvi Jaiswal
