Before the Asia Cup 2025, the Indian cricket team vice -captain Shubman Gill suddenly deteriorated, he has a viral fever. The Asia Cup will be played in the UAE between September 9 and September 28, India’s first match is with the UAE on 10 September. After this, India will be clashed with Pakistan on 14 September. However, Gill will recover before the Asia Cup.

Shubman Gill out of Dalip Trophy

After having viral fever, Shubman Gill is out of the Dalip Trophy. Please tell that North John was elected captain of the team in Gill Dalip Trophy. But after fever, he had to be out of the tournament and now Ankit Kumar will replace him as a captain. According to the Times of India report, Gill is now recovering and will start practice soon. There is no major problem in his blood report. Hopefully, he will soon be completely healthy.

After Shubman Gill was out of the Dalip Trophy, the team will captain the team, Ankoot Kumar of Haryana, he was the first team vice -captain. The match of going to North will start against going to East from today. Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana can play the first match of the Dalip Trophy, both are also included in the Asia Cup squad.

Shubman Gill is vice -captain in Asia Cup

Gill will soon be fully fixed and start practice, he has been elected vice -captain of the Indian team in the Asia Cup. The Asia Cup will be played in T20 format and it is believed that BCCI can also hand over the captaincy of T20 in future. Right now Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the team.

Rishabh Pant is not playing in the Asia Cup due to injury. Jitesh Sharma has been included as a wicket -keeper with Sanju Samson in the team. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is also included in the team. India is included in Group A in the Asia Cup, with Pakistan, UAE and Oman. The second group has teams from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Afghanistan.

Team India’s squad for 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, Rinku Singh.