For the first time in the Asia Cup, eight teams are scheduled to participate, which will be played till September 9-28. The matches will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, the host of the tournament is India. BCCI agreed to match the UAE due to consent on neutral venue with Pakistan. So far, a total of 5 countries including India and Pakistan have announced their respective squads.

Talking about the Indian squad, Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain, while the weight of the vice -captain has been assigned to Shubman Gill. Senior players like Hardik Pandya to Akshar Patel and Jaspreet Bumrah have been included in Team India. At the same time, the Pakistani team will come in the Asia Cup without Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan and the team will captain Salman Ali Aga. Apart from them, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong have announced their respective squads.

Squad of all teams for Asia Cup:

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

Pakistan- Salman Ali Aga (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyi, Sufiyi, Sufiy

Afghanistan- 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- Litan Das (Captain), Tanjid Hasan, Parvez Hussain Imon, Saif Hasan, Tauheed Hridayi, Jekar Ali Anik, Shamim Hussain, Qazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hussain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rehman, Tanjim Hasim Hasim, Taskin Ahmed, Shiful Islam, Shaful Islam, Shaful Islam

Hong Kong- Yasim Murtaza (captain), Babur Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammed, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Koetzi, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chalu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Aijaz Khan, Ati Rahman Iqbal, Kidi Shah, Kidhi Shah, Adil Mahmood, Aaron Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hasan, Ali Hasan, Shahid Vasif, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan

Oman- Not yet declared

Sri Lanka- Not yet declared

UAE- Not yet declared

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The Indian Squad’s 15 -member squad has been announced for the Asia Cup. Shubman Gill will be vice-captain, Suryakumar Yadav will captain, while the debate is not taking the name of in-form Shreyas Iyer’s selection. From Abhishek Sharma to Hardik Pandya, Jaspreet Bumrah and Harshit Rana have also got a place in the squad, but there are some players in the Indian team who will be playing the Asia Cup for the first time.

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Abhishek Sharma- Opener Abhishek Sharma made his international debut in 2024, while the previous Asia Cup was played in 2023. Abhishek’s strike rate in T20 cricket is 194 and has so far scored two centuries in his 17 -match T20 career.

Varun Chakraborty- Varun Chakraborty played the 2021 T20 World Cup, but after that he was dropped from the team. After his return in 2024, he has taken 31 wickets in 12 matches. He can prove to be the main and deadliest spin bowler of Team India in the Asia Cup.

Sanju Samson- Sanju Samson made his international debut in 2015, but he has not been destined to play Asia Cup due to repeated coming to the team. He was not able to do well against England, but before that he achieved the confidence of the selectors by scoring 3 centuries within 5 innings.

Rinku Singh- Rinku Singh, who played the role of finisher in the Indian team, was less expected to find a place in the Asia Cup squad. Nevertheless, he was selected in the squad and a few days after the selection, he has claimed his preparations before the Asia Cup, playing a stormy innings of 108 runs in 48 balls in the UP T20 League.

Jitesh Sharma- Wicketkeeper batsman IPL has reached the Asia Cup Squad in 2025 for RCB. However, whether he will find a place in the playing XI as a wicketkeeper, it is not clear. Especially after Shubman Gill arrives in the squad, a change in the playing eleven combination is considered to be fixed.

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BCCI on Tuesday announced India’s 15 -member team for the 2025 Asia Cup. Shubman Gill has been made vice -captain. The team also stars Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma. As soon as the team was announced, a big question has arisen in front of captain Suryakumar Yadav and coach Gautam Gambhir, which will not be less than a challenge for both.

Now you must be wondering which such question has arisen, then let me tell you that the question is, who will open for India in the Asia Cup now? Shubman Gill starts the innings in T20 cricket. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson have been starting the innings in T20 cricket for India for the last one year. Apart from this, Tilak Verma plays at number three. In such a situation, Gill is now vice -captain and will be part of the playing XI. Now whom should the opening be done, this question is definitely serious and troubled by Surya.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav’s first big tournament

Let us know that the 2025 Asia Cup is the first big tournament of Suryakumar Yadav as captain. In such a situation, he would like to win this tournament. But it would not be wrong to say that the selection of playing XI will become a headache for captain Surya and coach Gambhir. Whom should be opened? Who should be fed to number three? These are two such questions, which are going to produce tension. If Tilak is fed below or kept out of the last eleven, then Gill can play at number three, but will Gill be effective at number three. This question is also disturbing.

Indian team for 2025 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 and Rinku Singh.

Many big surprise were expected in the Indian squad, the selectors have really given many surprise. Shreyas Iyer will not be in the Asia Cup, with the arrival of Shubman Gill, the batting combination is sure to make up. Actually Gill did not play any T20 matches for more than a year. Now not only has he returned to the T20 team, but he has also been made ‘Vice Captain’. Captain Suryakumar Yadav himself told how and why captain Gill was returned.

How and why Shubman Gill got the vice -captain?

In the press conference, captain Suryakumar Yadav told Shubman Gill’s return and he got the vice -captain, “He was the last time when we played T20 matches for India, when we went to Sri Lanka after the T20 World Cup, Shubman Gill was the vice -captain. At the same time we started the new cycle of the T20 World Cup. Gill got busy in the Test series after that, we did not get the opportunity in the T20 format. Have gone. “

Captured in Zimbabwe

After the 2024 T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav was appointed as the captain of the T20 team. Captain Surya was rested for the Zimbabwe tour, in that case Shubman Gill captained matches against Zimbabwe. Under his captaincy, India defeated Zimbabwe 4–1 in his house. In the next series from him, Suryakumar Yadav entered the field for the first time as a T20 captain. Gill was the vice -captain of the team in the same series.

Shubman Gill has come as a Test captain with a brilliant performance in England. He had scored a total of 754 runs in the five -match Test series, including four centuries. Looking at his T20 career, Gill has scored 578 runs in 21 matches so far, including one century and 3 fifty.

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A new era of the Indian T20 team began after the historic victory in the 2024 T20 World Cup final. When Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, he handed over the captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav and gave the youth a chance. In the last about a year, this young team has not lost any T20 series. But now the Asia Cup India Squad Announcement of the Asia Cup 2025 is speculated to have some high-profile names, one of which is also Shubman Gill. Since the T20 team combination has been very good in the last one year, fitting Shubman Gill in the playing XI can become a complex problem for selectors and team management.

Top-5 before

If we look at the last one year performance of the T20 team, the top-5 players are almost sure. Abhishek Sharma has performed brilliantly as an opener, who has scored 535 runs in 17 matches from debut against Zimbabwe last year. His strike rate is 193 and also 2 centuries have been scored from his bat. At the same time, Sanju Samson has worked with Abhishek to give the Indian team a stormy start after getting full support from the captain and coach. If the T20 series against England is left, Samson was broken before Bangladesh and South Africa.

Although the number 3 was with Suryakumar Yadav, but Tilak Verma has shown it very well on this sequence. Tilak’s number-3 average is 55.38. At the same time, captain Surya is the world’s sixth batsman in the T20 rankings. At the same time, Hardik Pandya will be on the fifth order, whose experience and contribution to bowling has proved to be very important. Overall, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya are almost confirmed in the top-5.

Bowling line-up also almost confirmed

According to the reports, Jaspreet Bumrah’s return to the T20 team seems to be fixed. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket -taking bowler for India in T20 and has remained one of the main bowlers of the T20 team. The third pacer can be Mohammad Siraj. At the same time, after returning to Team India in 2024, Varun Chakraborty has taken 31 wickets in 12 matches, so he is entitled to the place in the playing XI. Akshar Patel is the vice -captain of the T20 team and can play the role of a spin all -rounder.

How Shubman Gill will fit in playing XI

There are already players who have done well in the team. Since Shubman Gill batting in the top-order, but tampering with the combination of Top-5 at the moment can be overwhelming to Team India, because the five players of the upper order have been doing well continuously. Here the slot can be empty, it is Rinku Singh, who has been batting at number 5, 6 and 7 to play the role of finisher.

Now the question is that even if Rinku is excluded, Gill is not accustomed to batting in the middle order. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer also comes to the squad, so how will he be brought to the playing XI. At present, all the equations indicate that Gill should either bat in the middle order, or due to them, the strong combination of the top-5 should be tampered with.

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For the Asia Cup 2025, who will get a place in the Indian squad and who does not, it remains a big question. Even Test captain Shubman Gill remains doubtful when it is given a place in the T20 team. The Indian squad will be announced on August 19 and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar himself will tell the names of the players by holding a press conference. Well earlier also Ajit Agarkar has been announcing the team, but who prepares the list of playing XI and Squad? Know here who will select the playing XI and Asia Cup squad?

Who chooses squad?

Be it Asia Cup or any other series, it is the responsibility of the selection committee to prepare the Indian squad, which is currently being led by Ajit Agarkar. That is, for the Asia Cup 2025, who will get a place in the Indian squad and who does not, all the selectors including Ajit Agarkar will take a decision together.

The player’s form, fitness and recent figures are also seen for selection in the squad. Although the final decision on the squad is to be taken by the selection committee, but often the coach and captain are also consulted for team combinations.

Who decides the playing XI?

India’s playing XI topic is also in discussion in the Asia Cup. On one hand, the squad is selected in the hands of the selection committee, but when it comes to choosing the playing XI in a match, this decision is in the hands of the coach and the captain. Since the captain has to use his player in a good way by going to the field, the captain’s attitude is very important in choosing the playing XI. Before the selection of playing XI, the mood of the pitch is also taken into consideration in the field besides the player’s form and fitness.

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