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The Indian team has been announced for the Asia Cup 2025 to be held in UAE from 9 September. Shubman Gill has been elected as vice -captain in this team captained by Suryakumar Yadav. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has returned to this short format after a long time. Kuldeep Yadav has also been selected, but after the squad announcement, the most discussed in the name of Shreyas Iyer. Despite being in excellent form, Iyer did not get a place in the team. There are many such names with him in this squad, which were entitled to be included in the team.
Shreyas Iyer
The player whose selection was considered to be fixed with T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav was Shreyas Iyer, he performed brilliantly in the last 1 year. After winning the trophy to KKR in 2024 as a captain, he took Punjab to the final this year, his personal performance was also excellent. In domestic cricket, runs are coming from his bat, but still he was not selected in the Asia Cup team. BCCI is also getting a lot of criticism about this.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
The second biggest name to miss the team is that of Yashasvi Jaiswal. For the last 1 year, he did not get a place in the T20 team, but in IPL 2025, he scored more than 500 (559) runs with 6 half -century innings. His strike rate was around 160. His bat was also very much spoken in the Test series in England, although he did not find a place in the main squad of the Asia Cup but he has been included in the reserve players. Ajit Agarkar said in the press conference, “It is disappointing that Yashasvi did not get a place in the 15 -member team but he will have to wait.”
Washington beautiful
All -rounder Washington Sundar was considered to be selected in the team, but he was not elected. Ajit Agarkar told that the team did not become a place of Sundar due to balance. Chief Selector Agarkar said that Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty are also 2 wrist spinners and spin bowler Akshar Patel, who also do good batting. An extra batsman was selected as Rinku Singh’s place of Sundar.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Now Yuzvendra Chahal’s return to international cricket seems very difficult, he was once again ignored. Chahal, 35, played the last international match in 2023. He was a part of the World Cup winning team in 2024, but he did not get a chance to play in a single match. In IPL 2024, he took 18 wickets and 16 wickets this year, but he could not make it to the national team.
Mohammad Siraj
The selectors are also being criticized on social media due to Siraj not being in the squad. Siraj played all the five Tests in England, but after that there is also a break of more than 1 month before the Asia Cup. Siraj looked great in the entire series, although he did not get much opportunities in T20 International. After making his debut in 2017, he has played only 16 T20 matches. However, Siraj was played in the last Asia Cup (2023), which was played in ODI format, it had Siraj Player of the Match. Siraj took 6 wickets for 21 runs in 7 overs spell.
Indian squad for Asia Cup
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Quality), Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav.