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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Due to the incessant rains in Mumbai, the Indian team was announced late on Tuesday from its regular time. The team selection and press conference for the Asia Cup 2025 was held at BCCI Headquarters, Mumbai. During this time a selection meeting was going on on one side. On the other hand, ODI team captain Rohit Sharma made a special appeal.

According to reports, due to heavy rains and waterlogging on the roads, many BCCI officials had difficulty in reaching on time. For this reason, the press conference could not start on its scheduled time. However, the BCCI did not cancel it, but only changed time. After some time, Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar announced the team through a press conference.

Rohit’s special appeal

Amidst all this, Rohit shared the story on his Instagram and appealed to the people to be safe and cautious during the rain. Rohit wrote on his Instagram story, “All be safe and take care of yourself.”

Indian team announced for 2025 Asia Cup

Surya and Agarkar announced the Indian team for the Asia Cup through a press conference. Shubman Gill returned after a long time in the team. He was elected the vice -captain of the team.

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.

Asia Cup will start from 9 September

The Asia Cup will start from 9 September. At the same time, the final match will be held on 28 September. While the Indian team will start their campaign on 10 September. Where they will face UAE.

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