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The Indian cricket team will be announced today for the Asia Cup 2025 starting next month in UAE. This time many big changes can be seen in the team. This is India’s first major tournament after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from T20. It is very likely that Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain, because after the surgery there is news of his passing fitness test. The place of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma is being decided, due to which the discussion on Shubman Gill is going on. The names of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mohammad Siraj are also being considered, in such a situation there are 2-3 players on which the tussle is going on.
Team India will be announced in the press conference today
The meeting of the National Selection Committee will be held in Mumbai today, in which the Indian team will be selected for the Asia Cup. After choosing the team, the captain will hold a press conference with the Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar. It will start around 1:30 in the afternoon. Today, for the Asia Cup, the women’s team will also be selected for the 3 -match series against the Women’s World Cup and Australia.
Difficulty in place of Mohammad Siraj
Mohammad Siraj, who bowled brilliantly in the 5 Test series on the England tour, is considered difficult to choose in the Asia Cup. Jasprit Bumrah had expressed his desire to play in the Asia Cup, after which he is sure to be selected in the squad. A maximum of 3 fast bowlers are likely to be selected in the team, in which the names of Arshdeep Singh and famous Krishna are at the forefront of Bumrah. Harshit Rana can be included in the reserve players.
Before the Asia Cup squad announcement, former veterans are choosing their respective teams. Harbhajan Singh included Rishabh Pant in his team, who was injured on a tour of England. His foot finger was fractured. At the same time, Mohammad Kaif included Mohammad Siraj and Shubman Gill in his squad, whose tussle is going on in the squad.
Rishabh Pant included in Harbhajan Singh’s team
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Ryan Parag, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah.
Team selected by Mohammad Kaif for Asia Cup
Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Mohammad Siraj, Jitesh Sharma, Shubman Gill.
Indian team is defending champion
The Indian cricket team will land as defending champions in the Asia Cup 2025. Its previous edition was played in 2023, in which India won the title by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final. The Asia Cup will start from 9 September in 2025 UAE. India’s first match is with UAE on 10, the next match of Pakistan and group stage on September 14 is with Oman on 19 September.