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Team India has been announced for the Asia Cup 2025. While Suryakumar Yadav will captain the team, Shubman Gill has been appointed as the vice -captain, before that Akshar Patel was seen vice -captained by the team. Jasprit Bumrah will play the role of Team India’s lead bowler in the Asia Cup. Shreyas Iyer, who is constantly performing amazing in the white ball format, has not found a place in the squad (Shreyas Iyer Dropped) and Mohammad Siraj has also been excluded.
Changed vice -captain
Team India has not lost any T20 series so far after Suryakumar Yadav became captain. He will also captain the captaincy in the Asia Cup, but the Demotion of Akshar Patel has been done, from which the vice -captain has been given to Shubman Gill. Gill did not play any T20 series after the series against Sri Lanka in July 2024, so he will be returning to the T20 team after about 13 months.
Shreyas Iyer has no place
Shreyas Iyer was the highest run -scorer for India in the Champions Trophy. He had scored a total of 243 runs in the tournament, while the IPL 2025 season was also excellent for him. As captain, he made Punjab travel to the finals, while personally he scored 604 runs at an excellent average of 50.33. Despite this great form, the selectors have not included him in the Asia Cup squad. At the same time, there was speculation about Mohammad Siraj that after the series against England, he could be rested.
In the batting, the team will have captain Suryakumar Yadav and Vice -captain Shubman Gill besides Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma and Rinku Singh. At the same time, Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma have got a place among the wicketkeepers. The all -rounders department will be loaded with Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Shivam Dubey. Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana have been ranked in the squad for bowling.
Indian Squad for Asia Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh