India squad for Asia Cup 2025: Following the end of the India vs England Test series, the attention of the Indian cricket team and their fans now moves to September’s Asia Cup. That is because India’s white-ball tour to Bangladesh, which was scheduled for August, has been called off.
This means that the Indian players will go into the Asia Cup without any recent white-ball international experience. India’s last limited-overs cricket happened in January, when they hosted England, which was followed by the IPL.
The upcoming Asia Cup in the UAE will be played with a view to the T20 World Cup next year at home. And while India are the defending T20 World Cup champions, several of the key members from its title-winning squad from 2024—Rohit Sharma, the then-captain, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja—are not around anymore in the T20I side.
Under head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav, India have won four T20I series in a row.
The Asia Cup 2025 will be played from September 9 to 28 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 8 teams have been divided into two groups of four each. The top two teams from each group will progress to the Super 4 round, from where the top two will clash in the final.
India and Pakistan are in Group A, along with the UAE and Oman. Group B consists of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong.
In their absence, others, especially the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, and Tilak Varma, have cemented their places in the side through the sheer weight of match-winning runs. Test captain Shubman Gill is appointed as the vice captain of the team.
Mohammed Siraj has been rested to reduce his workload while ace bowler Jasprit Bumrah is included in the squad.
Here are the 15-member India squad for Asia Cup 2025.
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
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