By Admin 
Asia cup 2025: The journey of Team India in the Asia Cup 2025 is moving forward with a great start. In the first match, India has made a bang by defeating UAE by 9 wickets. Now India is scheduled to take a high-voltage match against Pakistan on Sunday, but in the meantime a big news has come out, the team’s all-rounder Washington Sundar has suddenly left the Asia Cup squad and turned to England.
Why left Team India?
Actually, Washington Sundar was included in the squad as a reserve player for this tournament. In such a situation, there was very little possibility of playing a single match in this tournament. Meanwhile, he received an offer to play from the English County Team Hampshire, which he accepted. Sundar has now become a part of Hampshire for two matches in the county championship.
What did Hampshire say?
Giving information about this on the social media platform ‘X’, the Hampshire Cricket Club welcomed Sundar and wrote, “We were confident about signing for Sundar’s team. Welcome Vashi! Indian all -rounder Washington will play for the last two matches against the Sundar Hampshire for the last two matches against Rose and Crown.”
Club cricket director Giles White has also expressed happiness about Sundar. He said, “We are very excited to include Washington in the team. His previous series against England was fantastic and we are confident that he will play an important role in two big matches to come against the Samarset and Surrey.”
Permanent performance on England tour
Washington Sundar’s recent tour of England was memorable. In the five -match Test series, he showed a brilliant game with both bat and ball. He scored 284 runs in batting and during this time he was an average of 47. In this series, Sundar also scored a brilliant century in Old Trafford.
Sundar also showed a great form in bowling. He took 7 wickets at an average of 38.57. Seeing the same form, Hampshire has chosen him for the last part of the county season.
Impact on Team India?
The departure of Sundar will not have any major impact on Team India’s Asia Cup preparations because they were in the reserve squad and they do not get a chance to play the match.