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Asia Cup 2025 : BCCI Announces Squad, Suryakumar Yadav To Lead ; Shubman Gill Is Named Deputy
Jasprit Bumrah was picked for the Asia Cup after he confirmed his availability to the selectors, making a comeback to the T20 team after the World Cup last year.
The BCCI have announced a strong 15-man Indian team for the Asia Cup 2025. Suryakumar Yadav will lead . With the eye on the future, Test Captain Shubman Gill has been named deputy to SKY.
“Last time when he played T20 cricket post the World Cup, when we went to Sri Lanka, I was leading he was the vice-captain. That’s where we started our new cycle for the T20 World Cup, after that he got busy with Test cricket, and he didn’t get opportunities to play T20 cricket. He is there in the squad and we are happy to have him,” said captain Suryakumar Yadav on Gill’s inclusion.
Surprises too as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer missed out despite their superb showing in IPL 2025 earlier this year.
“It is unfortunate. But with what Abhishek (Sharma) has done over the last year, he also gives the captain a bowling option, so one of these guys was always going to miss out,” said chief selector Ajit Agarkar.
On Iyer, he added: “No fault of his, but tell me who can he replace? At the moment, he will have to wait for his chances.”
The big surprise was that Iyer was not even included in the five-man standby list which includes Jaiswal. Riyan Parag was included in the reserves along with Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar.
Rinku Singh kept his place as the finisher, along with all-rounder Shivam Dube, while Jitesh Sharma was picked as the second wicket-keeper.
Jasprit Bumrah was picked for the Asia Cup after he confirmed his availability to the selectors, making a comeback to the T20 team after the World Cup last year.
Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy are the two frontline spinners, while all-rounders Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma can chip in with a few overs of spin.
The Asia Cup will be held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from September 9 to 28. India are placed in Group A with Pakistan, Oman, and the UAE, while Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong are in group B.
India will play two of their league games on September 10 (vs UAE) and September 14 (vs Pakistan) at Dubai while their final league game against Oman will be held at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on September 19.
Team India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2025:
Suryakumar 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.
Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel