All -rounder Hardik Pandya is not playing in the final of Asia Cup 2025 against Pakistan. Captain Suryakumar Yadav told after the toss that what is the reason behind it. Please tell that Surya had gone out in the first over in the last match of Super-4, after which he did not return to the field. Rinku Singh has got a chance in the final, who did not play in any match of the tournament.

Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl first by winning the toss in the final match of Asia Cup 2025. He said on the toss, “We would like to bowl first. This is a good wicket. The wicket gets better in light. We are batting well first, but today we would like to chase the goal. Today the groundsman has done a good job with wickets here and will remain the same. The kind of cricket we are playing for the last 5-6 matches, it is very good and we would like to continue it.

Why Hardik Pandya is not playing in the Asia Cup final?

About Hardik Pandya, Surya said, “Unfortunately, he is out due to hearty injury, Arshdeep and Harshit are not playing. Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dubey and Rinku have been included in the team.”

In the ICC rankings, world’s number-1 T20 all-rounder Hardik Pandya played all 6 matches before the Asia Cup 2025 final, in which he got a chance to bat in 4. He scored just 58 runs in 4 innings, but impressed with bowling. He remained quite economical, he has 4 wickets in his name tournament.

India’s playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.

Pakistan’s playing 11

Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

Rinku Singh, who is involved in the Asia Cup squad, is currently playing in the UP T20 League. Meerut Maveryx captain Rinku got engaged to MP Priya Saroj this year. The marriage of both was fixed in November this year. In a recent interview, Rinku told how his conversation started with Priya, how met and when he thought he had to marry Priya.

27 -year -old Indian cricketer Rinku Singh plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, currently he is the captain of Meerut in the UP T20 League. After this he will leave for UAE for the Asia Cup. That is, they have a busy schedule, due to this, they are not getting married on the fixed date. However, now Rinku himself has responded to this.

Love story of Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj

Rinku Singh told in an interview that her conversation with Priya Saroj started from Instagram. Rinku had sent a message to Priya earlier, but she had taken the initiative from Priya and she liked some photos of Rinku.

Rinku said, “The story started in 2022, when the IPL was held in Mumbai due to Corona. I had a fan page, which put a photo of Priya. Some voting was going on in her village. I saw Priya’s photo and I felt good. I felt that it is perfect for me, I thought that I would not like it, but then I thought that I did not like it, I did not like my two photos and I did not like my two Started from there, immediately the answer came from there, I started in love with him.

When is Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj married?

Is your marriage this year? On this, Rinku Singh said, “What happens now when the marriage happens. Because domestic cricket is going on, it was said in November, but now we see when it happens. Even after November, the entire schedule is busy for 4-5 months after November.”

The Asia Cup India Squad Announcement Date for the Asia Cup 2025 is scheduled to be announced on August 19. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar will announce Team India by holding a press conference. Since the Asia Cup will be played in the T20 format, who will be in the Indian squad and who is not, it remains a matter of intensive discussion. Now a former selection of Team India has predicted the exclusion of Rinku Singh from the combination of the Indian team.

Quoting the news agency PTI, a former selector of Team India said that it is often heard that a particular player should come to the team, but it is not told whose place he should come. This former selector gave the example of Shreyas Iyer, plays at a stormy strike rate of 180, but batting in the top-4. Where is Shreyas’s place in the team and if Shubman Gill is to be brought into the team, then which shortcut will the selection committee adopt?

Shubman Gill is difficult to choose

The former selector said, “Shubman Gill is not built without changing the top-5 in the Indian T20 team. But Shubman Gill is also captain in Test, he also captains in IPL, he cannot be seated outside. I think Rinku Singh can be excluded here because some top orders are more important in the team.

If Rinku Singh is excluded, selectors may have to consider 2 fast bowling all -rounders in the form of Shivam Dubey and Nitish Kumar Reddy before a top order batsman like Shubman Gill. Along with this, Jitesh Sharma can also play the role of Finisher as the second wicketkeeper instead of Rinku. Therefore, their option is also open.

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