The date of 17 September 2023, when the Indian team defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win the Asia Cup 2023 title. Now in the Asia Cup 2025, Team India will land as defending champions. That victory of the Indian team has been only 2 years, but 7 main players have disappeared from the playing XI including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The names of these 7 players can surprise you.

India became champion in 2023

The Sri Lankan team was reduced to just 50 runs in the 2023 Asia Cup final. In response, Team India captured the trophy by finishing the match in just 37 balls. In that match, Mohammad Siraj alone took 6 wickets for Team India and Hardik Pandya also took 3 wickets.

Indian playing XI in 2023 Asia Cup final: Ishaan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj

Seven players are missing

Out of the 2025 Asia Cup squad, 7 such players are missing, who played in the 2023 Asia Cup final. Of these, 2 biggest names are Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have said goodbye to T20 cricket only last year. Ravindra Jadeja is also named among these players, he also retired from T20 after the 2024 T20 World Cup. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj has been rested from the Asia Cup after the fatigue of the England Tour.

Ishaan Kishan has not been able to return to Team India after November 2023, while KL Rahul has not been selected in the squad. Washington beautiful has appeared in good form, unfortunately the selectors have not given them a chance in the Asia Cup squad.

These 7 players are not in the squad: Ishaan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj

Indian Squad in Asia Cup 2025: 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

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There is now only 2 weeks left to start the Cricket Asia Cup. A total of 8 teams will play in the tournament starting on 9 September. India and Pakistan are included in the same group, which have announced their squads. 3-3 teams of both groups have announced their squads, here the names of the players involved in all the teams have been given.

In the Asia Cup 2025, from 9 to 19 September, a total of 12 matches will be played between 8 teams. Each team will play 1-1 matches with all the teams of their respective groups. After this, the top 2-2 teams of both groups will go to Super Four and the journey of the remaining 4 teams will end here. 3-3 teams of Group A and B have announced their squad.

Squad of Group A teams

Team India Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Pakistan Squad: Salman Ali Aga (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufayan Mokim.

Oman squad: Jatinder Singh (Captain), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, Sufayan Yusuf, Ashish Odedera, Aamir Kalim, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufian Mahmood, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonawale, Zunria Islam, Hasanain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Mohammad Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Time.

UAE Squad: Not yet announced.

Squad of Group B teams

Afghanistan Squad: Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Jadaran, Darwish Rasuli, Seedikullah Atal, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujib ur Rehman, Allah Ghaznafar, Noor Ahmed, Farid Malik, Naveen, Naveen.

Bangladesh Squad: Litan Das (Captain), Tanjid Hasan, Parvez Hussain Imon, Saif Hasan, Tauheed Hridayi, Jekar Ali Anik, Shamim Hussain, Qazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi, Rishad Hussain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanjim Hasan Sakib, Tanjim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shiful Islam, Shiful Islam, Shiful Islam.

Hong Kong Squad: Yasim Murtaza (captain), Babur Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammed, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Koetzi, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chaallu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Atik ul Rahman Iqbal, Kidhi Shah, Kidil Mahmood, Aaraun Mahmud, Aaron Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hasan, Shahid Vasif, Mohammed, Mohammed, Mohammed, Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan.

Sri Lanka Squad: Not yet announced.