Virender Sehwag, the former explosive opener, is still confident that India can win the upcoming Asia Cup. He thinks this is the perfect opportunity for the team to test themselves before they want to defend their T20 World Cup title at home next year.
This Asia Cup is big for Suryakumar as it’s his first major tournament as captain. He took over from Rohit Sharma. Rohit decided to step down from this format after India’s T20 World Cup win last year.
Since Suryakumar became captain, India has been on a good run, winning 12 games, losing 2 and one tie. They have also won 4 series in a row so Sehwag has a lot of hope for Suryakumar and the team.
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Sehwag said in a video posted by Sony Sports Network that India are the world champions and he’s very sure they are the best team in the Asia Cup and will win.
He added that they have a great team and Sky is leading them well. He believes under Sky’s leadership they will do well because they have seen the team win many T20 games when Sky has been in charge. He’s sure they will win the Asia Cup too.
With India defending their title at home in just 6 months, Sehwag thinks this is the best opportunity to see how good the team is before the big event. Sehwag feels India can start building the team from this tournament next month.
He feels this Asia Cup is a great opportunity to prepare for the 2026 T20 World Cup. It’s a chance to identify which new players should get chances and who should be added to the squad. He believes there’s no better opportunity for the Indian team to test themselves than the Asia Cup.
Sehwag feels they have a good T20 selector and a solid T20 side. He’s confident Surya Kumar Yadav will lead the team well in T20s and he’ll get the best team from the selectors. He hopes they will win the Asia Cup.India is in Group A with UAE, Pakistan and Oman. India will start their campaign on September 10 against UAE. They will then face Pakistan on September 14 and finish the group stage against Oman on September 19 in Abu Dhabi.
Here is the India squad for the Asia Cup:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
