The colorful start of the Asia Cup has started, where on the very first day, Afghanistan’s Ajmatullah Umarjai tied the support with a stormy half -century. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has suddenly given an entry to a new player in his squad. Actually, there has been no time from the team, but Janith Liange, who has been out of the T20 team for three years, has entered the Asia Cup squad.

Sri Lanka will play their first match with Bangladesh on 13 September. Even before its first challenge, the Sri Lankan team has included batting all -rounder Khiladar Khiladar Janith Liange in the team. Sri Lanka had earlier announced the 16 -member squad, but now the number of players has increased to 17.

Janith has shown very well in ODI format. In the 28 -match ODI career, he has so far scored 824 runs at a great average of 48.5. He also has a century and 6 fifty in ODI career. But he has only 3 T20 matches experience. He last played an international T20 match in 2022, finally he returned to the squad after waiting for 3 years. The 30 -year -old all -rounder also scored 70 and 19 runs in ODIs by batting well on Zimbabwe Tour.

Sri Lanka’s updated squad: Charith Asanka (Captain), Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Pathum Nisanka, Kusal Perera, Kamil Mishra, Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liange, Vanindu Hasranga, Nuwanidu Fernando, Dunith Vellage, Chamik Karunaratne, Mahishna, Dhushati, Matisha Pathirana, Nuvanasha Pathirana, Matisha Pathirana, Matisha Pathirana. Binura fernando

Sri Lanka is in Group B

Sri Lanka is placed in Group B along with Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. His first match will be from Bangladesh on 13 September. The second match of the Sri Lankan team will be held on September 15 with Hong Kong and Afghanistan on 18 September.

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Oman cricket team must be playing in the Asia Cup for the first time, but the story of its players has been very struggling. The story seems inspiring from playing on cement pitches to Asia Cup after spending hours in office. Captain Jatinder Singh says that his first goal was to get a job, he has always placed cricket in second place.

Talking to the news agency PTI, he said, “Most of the players of the team used to do office jobs and then manage the cricket career. Now I would like to say that representing Oman in the Asia Cup is like a dream come true. Our team is very excited and desperate to do well in the tournament.”

Play on cement pitch

Oman captain Jatinder Singh said that he used to play on Turf Ground, Cement Pitch. He then received the Astro Turf Pitch in 2008 and finally started playing in the field in 2011. He said, “There was a time when I felt that no results could be yielded, then why am I working hard, but the hunger and passion to move forward kept encouraging us.”

A bitter truth is that some players left this difficult journey in the middle. But players like Jatinder Singh and Sufian Mahmood stayed till the end and today have pulled the team to the Asia Cup.

Parents did not get support

All-rounder Sufian Mahmood said that when he joined Oman’s national team, his parents said that Oman had no future in cricket. Mahmud’s parents wanted his son to focus on studies. But he was full of confidence and the desire to do something did not let him leave cricket. When Oman qualified for the 2016 World Cup, Mahmud’s dreams got wings.

Oman must be playing in the Asia Cup for the first time, which is kept in Group A along with India, Pakistan and UAE. The Oman team will be captained by Jatinder Singh.

Oman Squad for Asia Cup: Jatinder Singh (Captain), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, Sufiyan Yusuf, Ashish Odedera, Aamir Kalim, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufian Mahmud, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonawale, Zunria Islam, Hasnain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Muhammad Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Time Srivastavastav

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All 8 countries have announced their respective squads for the Asia Cup 2025. The tournament will be played till 9 September-28 September. Babar Azam, Shreyas Iyer and Mohammad Rizwan will not play in this tournament. All countries have tried to prepare their strongest squad, but there are some names that may not get a chance to play a single match in the Asia Cup 2025. 2 players are also from India in this list.

It is difficult for these 7 players to play

In the Indian Squad of the Asia Cup, Rinku Singh and Harshit Rana are 2 players who may not get a chance to play a single match. Team India is full of all -rounders who bat in middle order. Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel and Shivam Dubey could hardly get Rinku Singh in the playing XI. On the other hand, India’s pace attack will be led by Jaspreet Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. At the same time, Team India will have 2 fast bowling options as Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey. 5 fast bowling options on UAE pitches do not make any meaning, in such a situation, Harshit Rana may have to sit out of all matches.

Mohammad Saifuddin of Bangladesh can also sit out, because there are already many fast bowling options in the Bangladeshi team. At the same time, Pakistan has 3 main fast bowlers as Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Junior. Hardly Salman will be able to make a place in Mirza’s playing XI during him. However, if someone is out due to injury or fitness, Mirza can get a chance.

Khushdil Shah’s T20 figures have not been very good for Pakistan. This year, he scored only 86 runs in 10 T20 matches and has taken only 3 wickets. The deadly spin bowling of Mujib ur Rehman of Afghanistan is no longer visible. Since 2024, he has taken just 9 wickets for Afghanistan by playing 9 T20 matches.

Sri Lanka’s Kamil Mishara made his T20 debut this month, who open. As an opener, Sri Lanka already has a dangerous pair of Pathum Nisanka and Kusal Mendis. In such a situation, hardly Mishara could get a chance in the playing XI.

These are 7 players: Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Saifuddin, Salman Mirza, Khushdil Shah, Mujib ur Rehman, Kamil Mishra

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The eighth and final team for the Asia Cup has also announced their squad. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a 17 -member squad, handed over to the team’s captaincy Mohammad Wasim. The Asia Cup will begin on September 9 and UAE will start its campaign with the match against India on 10 September (Asia Cup India vs UAE Match Date). Wasim is also captaining the UAE team in the tri -series against Pakistan and Afghanistan.

All the players playing in the tri -series have been kept in the Asia Cup squad. At the same time, 2 new players have been included in the team in the form of Matillah Khan and Simranjit Singh. Matillah Khan will be returning to the UAE team after May this year, while Simranjit Singh played the last match for UAE in December 2024.

UAE squad for Asia Cup: Muhammad Wasim (Captain), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddiqui, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Johab, Rahul Chopra (wicketkeeper), Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan and Sagir Khan

UAE will play Asia Cup for the first time since 2016

The UAE has so far participated in the Asia Cup three times, but after 2016 it has never participated in this tournament. Although the Asia Cup 2025 is hosted by the BCCI, but the BCCI agreed to organize a tournament in UAE due to playing on the neutral venue with Pakistan.

Talking about UAE, it has been placed in Group A along with India, Pakistan and Oman in the Asia Cup 2025. His first match will be held on September 10, Oman on 15 September and Pakistan on 17 September.

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The Asia Cup 2025 starts less than two weeks left. The tournament will begin with India vs Sri Lanka match on 9 September. A total of 5 countries have announced their respective squads so far, but especially questions have been raised on India and Pakistan Squad. On the one hand, the cricket fans of both countries are expressing displeasure with Shreyas Iyer being out of Team India and keeping Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan out of the Pak team.

Babar Azam can play Asia Cup?

First of all talk about whether Babar Azam can come to the Asia Cup squad? This can happen, but it is very less expected. Actually, star opener Fakhar Zaman has been struggling with the problem of hamstring for several weeks. He suffered this injury during the series against the West Indies.

Zaman is currently in Dubai, has also been seen practicing with the Pak team, but the biggest concern is whether Fakhar Zaman will be able to recover completely in time. In such a situation, there is a cloud of crisis on his playing in the Asia Cup. If Zaman is not able to fit, then Pakistan Cricket Board can give Babar Azam a chance to the T20 tournament Asia Cup as an alternative to batting. Let us tell you that Babur has not played any T20 matches after December 2024.

Will Shreyas Iyer play or not?

As soon as the Indian squad was announced for the Asia Cup, many well -known cricket experts including fans also erupted as to why Iyer was not taken in the team despite being in tremendous form. Fans have waged a campaign on social media when Iyer did not get a place. In fact, the team participating in the Asia Cup 2025 can make changes in their respective squads by August 30. If the selection committee wants, Iyer can still be given a place in the team.

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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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After India and Pakistan, Bangladesh has announced a 16 -member team for the Asia Cup. Litton Das will captain the team and wicketkeeper batsman Nurul Hasan has returned in the squad, who has returned to Bangladesh’s T20 team after 3 years. Apart from him, off-spinner Saif Hasan has also returned to the T20 team. He was last seen playing in the 2023 Asian Games.

Talking about Nurul Hasan, he played the last T20 match for Bangladesh in November 2022, since then he was running out of the team. He was knocking on the door of return to the team for a long time and was continuously doing well in domestic matches. He has scored 445 runs in the career of 46 T20 matches so far.

Mehdi Hasan Miraj turned out

The selectors have not placed Mehdi Hasan Miraj in the squad. However, he has got a place in the reserve list. Mehdi Hasan’s T20 figures are not very good, so far he has 418 runs in 34 matches and only 18 wickets. Apart from him, Tanveer Islam and Soumya Sarkar have also got a place among the reserve players.

Talking about the Bangladesh team, it has been placed in Group B of Asia Cup 2025, in which Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong-Kong are also present. Bangladesh will start its Asia Cup campaign with Hong-Kong on 11 September.

Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup: 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

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Suspense was made till the end or not, whether Shubman Gill will get a place in the Indian squad for the Asia Cup. After the announcement by Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, it was found that Gill has not only returned to the T20 team, but the post has been given to Shubman Gill by removing Akshar Patel from the vice -captain. Before the squad selection, Gill was also expected to enter the team, but what is the player that had to lose his place in the team due to Gill.

Shubman Gill ate whose place?

It is also a big question that if Shubman Gill plays in the top order, then Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma will affect the batting order. Remembering the squad of India’s last T20 series, only 10 of them have got a place in the Asia Cup squad. Among the players playing in the series against England, the leaf of Dhruv Jurlel, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar has been cleaned.

At the same time, in the last T20 match against England, on the basis of India’s playing eleven, 9 players have got a place in the Asia Cup squad out of that last-11. As far as the question is, whose place Gill will eat in the playing XI will be answered on the basis of the previous series, Mohammed Shami or Ravi Bishnoi. At the same time, Gill is batting in the top order in white ball cricket, if this happens, then the batting order of one of Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma is set to change.

Reason for getting vice -captain

While announcing the Indian squad for the Asia Cup, in the press conference, captain Suryakumar Yadav had revealed that from the beginning the plan was to make Gill a vice -captain. Surya told that when India and Sri Lanka had a T20 series after the Zimbabwe series, Shubman Gill was the vice -captain of the T20 team. After that Gill was busy with the rest of the series, so his T20 could not return to the team.

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Gautam Gambhir had expressed his wish this year that he wants only one captain in all three formats. Now the situation is such that Team India has 3 different captains in all three formats. Being three different captains can reduce the workload, but due to this it is difficult for the selectors to take a final decision on the Asia Cup squad. Test captain Shubman Gill is finding it difficult to give a place in the T20 team, what will the selection committee decide on it? Very soon in Mumbai, Ajit Agarkar, Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav can meet. There will be 10 questions in this meeting, which have increased the tension of selectors and team management before the Asia Cup squad announcement.

1. Chance to Shreyas Iyer?

Shreyas Iyer is scoring 604 runs for India’s top scorer (243 runs) and IPL 2025 in the Champions Trophy. Despite this magnificent form, not getting a place will be unfair to Iyer, but how will he be able to fit in the middle order? Tilak Verma on number-3, Suryakumar Yadav on four and Hardik Pandya on number-5 can come. At the same time, how will Iyer be able to fit in the middle order while Akshar Patel, this is a big question.

2. Who will be the vice -captain?

In January this year, Akshar Patel was appointed as the vice -captain of the T20 team. Recently, the news of Shubman Gill being made Vice-Captain in the Asia Cup has gained momentum. If Gill is made vice -captain, then this accountability will also be of the selection committee as to what Akshar Patel did so wrong, which was removed from the post of vice -captain.

3. or not Jaspreet Bumrah?

After the Asia Cup, the month of October will be very busy for Team India. He has to play 2 Tests against West Indies and 3 ODI matches against Australia. In such a situation, will it be right to give rest to Bumrah from the Asia Cup. Anyway, Bumrah has not played T20 cricket for the last one year.

4. Lower Middle Order, Rinku Singh or Shivam Dubey?

The lower-middle order is also stuck on the order batting, where Rinku Singh is clouded in place of crisis. Shivam Dubey and Washington Sundar are also in the race for numbers 6 and 7, who can contribute with storm batting as well as balls.

5. How many spinners to feed?

India will have the option of Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Varun Chakraborty for the Asia Cup. The question in front of the selectors will be that how many spinners should be fed in the team. Kuldeep and Varun have been constantly effective in T20 formats, in such a situation, all -rounder Washington Sundar will have to wash away the playing XI.

6. Whom should the opening be done?

After becoming a head coach, Gautam Gambhir has given Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson opportunities in the opening, both have shown amazing performance. Due to lack of space in the opening, the selection of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal is under question. Will the selectors, Abhishek and Samson cut the leaf of one of the Gill or Jaiswal?

7. Who in the pace attack?

Arshdeep Singh has been the main bowler of Team India in T20. If Jasprit Bumrah is selected, then who will be the third pace, because according to reports Mohammad Siraj can be kept out of the Asia Cup squad. At the same time, Bumrah is given a rest, then India will have less experienced options like famous Krishna, Harshit Rana.

8. Is 2 wicketkeepers in playing XI?

Sanju Samson has been the first choice of wicketkeeper, scoring three centuries in the last 10 T20 innings. It is also a big question whether the second wicketkeeper will be fed as Jitesh Sharma in the middle order, who caught everyone’s attention in IPL 2025 with his 176 stormy strike rate. They can also play the role of finisher.

9. Shubman Gill will come in whose place?

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma have done well as openers. On the third order, Tilak Verma has an average of 55, so there is no place for Gill in the top order. The question will be that if Gill is fitted in the middle order, then who will be excluded?

10. Will a lot of changes be correct for the Asia Cup?

Gautam Gambhir started preparing a young team as soon as he became a head coach. Other youths including Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma and Arshdeep Singh were given the weight of the team. This team has not lost any T20 series in the last one year. Will the selectors make a lot of changes in this team?

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A huge update has emerged on the Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2025. It is reported that Shubman Gill will not get admission in the T20 team, while the speculation of making him the vice -captain of T20 team was in full swing. On the other hand, Yashasvi Jaiswal can also stay out of the smallest format for the moment. According to Sportstar, Gill-Jayaswal will currently be out of the T20 squad, while Shreyas Iyer’s entry looks confirmed.

Gill and Jaiswal have no place

According to a report published in Sportstar, the selector and the team management is unanimous on the middle order batting for the Asia Cup, as the UAE pitch may remain slow. Shubman Gill last played a T20 match in July 2024, after which he has been kept out of small format consecutively. Now according to the new update, Gill can also stay out of the Asia Cup. On the other hand, Jaiswal, who has a strike rate of more than 36 average 164 in T20, can also be excluded.

If Shreyas comes, Rinku-Dubey out

According to this report, if Shreyas Iyer gets a place, then the difficulties of Shivam Dubey or Rinku Singh may increase. Both of them played against England in India’s last T20 series. Ever since Gautam Gambhir has become the head coach, Rinku has scored only 190 runs in 13 innings, which has not a single fifty. At the same time, if the series against England is left, Dubey has also disappointed with his performance.

The selection of Jitesh Sharma has almost been approved. However, Sanju Samson has been the first choice of wicketkeeper for the last one year. Jitesh Sharma play in the playing XI or not, but his entry in the squad is almost sure. The selectors have not yet taken a final decision regarding Jaspreet Bumrah. Bumrah had earlier played three Tests in England due to workload.

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