Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav also proved to be a flop in the third T20 against South Africa. Surya was out on the ball of Lungi Ngidi after scoring 12 runs. The year 2025 was not good at all for Surya. He has not been able to score a single half-century in T20 International this year, while he has been out on zero thrice.

Suryakumar’s T20 International record in 2025

Suryakumar Yadav’s biggest T20 innings in the year 2025 is 47 runs, which came against Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium. He remained unbeaten. Apart from this, he could not score above 40 in any match. He was out twice against England and once against Pakistan without opening an account.

The ongoing series against South Africa is India’s last T20 series of this year, in the first match of which Surya was out after scoring 12 runs. In the second match he could score only 5 runs. He scored 12 runs in the third T20 on Sunday.

It was not good for Shubman Gill also Year

The year 2025 was not very good for Shubman Gill in T20 International. He scored 291 runs in 15 T20 International matches this year. No half-century came from his bat this year, while he got out for ‘duck’ after 1.

In the first and second matches against South Africa, he returned to the pavilion in the very first over. Gill, who scored 4 runs in the first match, could not even open his account in the second match. In the third match he scored 28 runs in 28 balls.

World Cup cause for concern

There is the T20 World Cup in February-March next year, before which captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill will have to regain their rhythm. After South Africa, now India’s second T20 series is against New Zealand in January next year, that will be India’s last T20 series before the World Cup.

Shubman Gill’s place in the T20 team is under question. Gill could not even open his account in the second T20 match against South Africa. Gill has not been able to score a single half-century in T20 matches this year. Gill is surrounded by criticism and the demand to bring Sanju Samson back into the team is increasing. Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath has also talked about bringing Sanju Samson back into the team.

Shubman Gill is the vice-captain of the T20 team and ever since his return to the T20 team, there has been no clarity regarding Sanju Samson’s place in the playing eleven. Samson was earlier asked to bat in the middle order, but now the situation is that he has no place in the playing eleven.

This is unfortunate…

Subramaniam Badrinath says, “Sanju Samson has scored three centuries. We are talking about T20 cricket and he has 3 centuries to his name. What more do you want from a player? It is unfortunate to see that a good player is sitting on the bench.”

Subramaniam Badrinath further said, “He is the vice-captain of the team. I feel that only that player’s place in the playing eleven can be confirmed, who is the captain or vice-captain. He has been made the vice-captain after such statistics. If there are no back-up players, then it is understandable, but there is no dearth of talent in T20.”

On the other hand, veteran Indian cricketer Chris Srikkanth has raised questions on Akshar Patel. Srikanth said that why was Akshar Patel, a middle order batsman, sent to number 3, who could not adapt himself to the circumstances. As a result, India lost the second T20 match by 51 runs.

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In the Asia Cup 2025, the bat of Team India vice -captain Shubman Gill is not running. He was dismissed for just 5 runs in the last match of the group stage played against Oman on Friday. He was bowled by Faisal Shah, after which his trolling started on social media. Gill flopped in the second consecutive match. Fans did not leave the head coach Gautam Gambhir, he also criticized him.

Even before the tournament started, fans were questioning the position of Shubman Gill. In fact, he was brought back to the opening in place of Sanju Samson, while Samson was starting the innings with Abhishek Sharma for some time. So there were many expectations from Gill, but yet he has not met it. He disappointed once again on Friday.

Shubman Gill could not consider this ball lying on the good line of Faisal Shah, the ball went straight wicket. Earlier, Gill was dismissed by scoring only 10 runs against Pakistan. The target against UAE was small in the first match, in which he was unbeaten by scoring 20 runs.

Shubman Gill is getting trolls

As soon as the vice -captain was bold against Oman, he started criticizing on social media. Gill has scored a total of 35 runs in 3 matches played in group stage so far. One user wrote on social media that he is getting a place in the team with the help of Gautam Gambhir, now he is exposed!

Meet 420 fraud shubman gill who with the help of gautam gambhir made it into the t20i team and is now getting exposed.

Just Tell Me One Reason he deserve to play in this team. pic.twitter.com/Jyqwkuxmnp

– (@jod_insane) September 19, 2025

Bcci removed jaiswal for this fraud

Shubman Gill Playing His Last Tournament of T20 for Sure. pic.twitter.com/RLFYJTHBVK

– Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Crlmemes_) September 19, 2025

Meet General Talent Shubman Gill

– Invests in Pr Games to get selected
– Pays Journalists to Write Negative Articles Against His Teammates
– Eats jaiswal’s deserving place
– Now getting exposed even against Oman
– Bro was Never made for t20is pic.twitter.com/2izoraozgs

– (@jod_insane) September 19, 2025

BCCI is Ruining Yashasvi Jaiswal T20 Career Just to Make Shubman Gill their Poster Boy. pic.twitter.com/utgnb62GQE

– Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessCrick) September 19, 2025

Oman gave a tough competition

Sanju Samson scored the highest 56 runs in 45 balls for India, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 3 fours. Tilak Verma also scored a significant 29 runs in 18 balls. India, batting first, scored 188 runs in 20 overs.

Chasing the target, Oman captain Jatinder Singh (32) and Aamir Kalim made a great start, both shared a 56 -run partnership for the first wicket. Kalim hit 2 sixes and 7 fours in an innings of 64 runs in 46 balls. After this Hammd Mirza hit a half -century (51) in 33 balls, he hit 2 sixes and 5 fours. But in the end the Indian bowlers made a comeback and stopped Oman for 167 runs. India won the match by 21 runs. Of course Oman lost, but giving such a competition to the world’s number-1 team (India) will also give him happiness.

The second match of the 17th edition of the Cricket Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2025) will be played between India and the UAE today. The match will start at 8 pm (Indian time) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This match is easy for Suryakumar Yadav & Team and if UAE is able to compete with India, then it will be their victory in a way. Today there are 3 players of India who can destroy the UAE team, what are those players and how India will have to be careful with the UAE.

1. Abhishek Sharma

Whether it is IPL or International Cricket, Abhishek Sharma starts showering on the bowlers on the first ball. Left-arm batsman Abhishek made his T20 debut last year and within a year he became the world’s number-1 T20 batsman. Although Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson are also a deadly batsman, but there is every possibility that the top order batsmen played the entire innings.

Talking about Abhishek Sharma’s T20 International career, he has scored 535 runs in 16 innings of 17 matches, including 2 centuries. His strike rate is around 200 (193.84). In this format, he has hit 61 sixes. If he also plays even the powerplay, he will fierce the UAE bowlers.

2. Shubman Gill

If India has to bat first today, then a score of 220-250 can be made. Shubman Gill can start the innings with Abhishek Sharma, he was in great form on England tour. He was finding it difficult to dismiss, everyone was praising his footwork. Gill is currently the number-1 batsman in the ODI ICC rankings. He has scored 578 runs in 21 T20 matches for India, his strike rate is 139.27. He has scored 1 century and 3 half -centuries in this format.

3. Jaspreet Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah has not played T20 International since winning the T20 World Cup last year. He is the main fast bowler in India in the Asia Cup. In front of them, big batsmen of the world are upset, in such a situation, UAE batsmen will feel mental pressure while playing in front of them. Bumrah has taken 89 wickets in 70 T20 matches for India, although he has never been able to take 4 wickets in an innings of this format.

India needs to be careful

UAE has won 3 matches at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, winning one of them against New Zealand. New Zealand is a big team and UAE reversed on August 19, 2023, when the UAE defeated Kiwi team by 7 wickets. In that match, UAE captain Muhammad Wasim scored a rapid innings of 55 runs in 29 balls, Asif Khan scored an unbeaten 48 in 29 balls. Wasim will still captain and Asif is part of the team. India cannot take both these batsmen lightly. UAE bowler Muhammad Javad Ullah will also have to play carefully in the beginning.

Preps in full swing

The countdown to begins #Teamindia , #Asiacup2025 pic.twitter.com/3SC57xilxd

– BCCI (@Bcci) September 7, 2025

India’s possible playing 11

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

Where is the live broadcast and live streaming of India vs UAE match?

The live broadcast of India vs UAE match will be on Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on Sony Live app and website, for which subscription will be required.

Shubman Gill has been included in the squad for the Asia Cup 2025 as a vice -captain. After the meeting at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav announced the team at the press conference. Akshar Patel is also included in the team, but former cricketer Mohammad Kaif is unhappy when he is removed from the vice -captain.

This year, Akshar Patel was the vice-captain in the 5-match T20 series against England, this series was named by India 4–1. He took 6 wickets in this series. Shubman Gill has not played in T20 International for the last 1 year, but when he returned to the Asia Cup, he was elected vice -captain. This Mohammad Kaif did not like it, he said that it is expected that Akshar has already been told about it.

Kaif on the removal of Akshar Patel from the vice -captain

Mohammad Kaif wrote in a tweet, “I hope that Akshar Patel has already been informed about the removal of the vice -captain and it should not happen that he has received information about it in the press conference. The Akshar did not make any mistake, so he should get an explanation.”

I hope axar patel was informed about his removal from vice-businessy in advance and he didn Bollywood to know about it from the press conference. Axar did no wrong so he deserves an explanation. @akshar2026

– Mohammad Kaif (@mohammadkaif) August 19, 2025

Akshar Patel’s performance has been excellent, he is an important part of the T20 team. There is a possibility that he will also get a place in playing 11, as he not only does well in bowling and batting but is also a great fielder. Akshar played an important role in winning the T20 World Cup in 2024, he received the Player of the Match award in the semi -finals played against England. He took 3 wickets for 23 runs in his 4 overs spell.

Akshar Patel played a brilliant innings of 47 runs in 31 balls against South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup. He was then elected as the vice -captain of the T20 team but now he had to withdraw from the vice -captain after Shubman Gill returned.

India’s schedule in Asia Cup

• September 10- Vs UAE (Dubai)
• September 14- Vs Pakistan (Dubai)
• 19 September- Vs Oman (Abu Dhabi)

Indian Squad for Asia Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Quality), Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav.

The Indian cricket team has been announced for the Asia Cup. Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav announced the names of 15 players who will go to UAE to play Asia Cup. But these 3 big cricketers, including Shreyas Iyer, could not make a place in this squad, whose performance was good.

Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar took the name of Shreyas Iyer in the press conference and said that if he was not elected in the team, then there is no mistake nor our mistake in it. That is, Agarkar wanted to say that Shreyas’s team is not being made a place. By the way, fans are surprised by not just Shreyas but these 3 players are not in the squad.

Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer was believed to be selected in the squad for the Asia Cup. His performance in the IPL and the Champions Trophy was also good. But he was not elected in the team. This surprised all the fans. Talking about his T20 international performance, he has scored 1104 runs in 51 matches, including 8 half -century innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

The second big name to not be included in the squad is that of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal is known as an explosive batsman, although the selectors did not choose him in the team. Jaiswal has scored 723 runs in 23 T20 international matches for India at a strike rate of 164.31.

Mohammad Siraj

Mohammad Siraj, who has influenced his deadly bowling on the England tour, has also not been selected in the Asia Cup squad. He bowled brilliantly in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah in England, but he did not find a place in the T20 team. Fans on social media are also raising questions on this.

Talking about T20 records in International cricket of Mohammad Siraj, he has got very few opportunities. Siraj has taken 14 wickets in 16 matches. But the way he performed in England, it was expected that he would be selected in the team.

Indian 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.

India is included in Group A with Pakistan

India and Pakistan are included in the same group, they are accompanied by Oman and UAE teams in Group A. All teams will play 1-1 matches with their group teams. India’s first match is with the UAE on 10 September, India will take on Pakistan in the second match. Both these matches will be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. After this, India’s last group match is with Oman on 19 September. All three matches will start at 7:30 pm Indian time, the toss will take place at 7 pm.

Asia Cup 2025 format

The Asia Cup will be played in 2025 T20 format. The first will be a group stage, in which all teams will play 3-3 (1-1 matches with their group teams), after which the top 2 teams will go to Super 4 and the other 2 teams will be out. After this, all the teams will also play 1-1 matches with each team in Super 4, after which there will be a title clash between the top 2 teams. The final match of the Asia Cup will be held in Dubai on 28 September.

• Group A: India, Pakistan, Oman and UAE
• Group B: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong