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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Asia Cup 2025 will start from 9 September. This will be the 17th edition of the Asia Cup. This time which batsman will score the most in the tournament, it will be worth seeing. But before that, know which player in the 16 editions so far, to score runs in each Asia Cup List I have been at the top

Players scoring the most runs in every version of Asia Cup

• First Edition1984- Surinder Khanna

The first edition of the Asia Cup took place in the year 1984. India’s most runs in this tournament Surinder Food Had made Surinder Had scored 107 runs.

• Second edition, 1986- Arjun Ranatunga

The second edition of the Asia Cup was held in the year 1986. This Edition Arjun of Sri Lanka in Ranatunga Had scored the most runs. Arjun had scored a total of 105 runs.

• Third edition, 1988- Ijaz Ahmed

Pakistan’s highest run in the third edition of Asia Cup Ijaz Ahmed Had made Ijaz Had scored a total of 192 runs.

• Fourth Edition, 1990-91- Arjun Ranatunga

The great Sri Lankan batsman hit the most runs in the fourth edition of the Asia Cup. Arjun had scored a total of 166 runs.

• Fifth version, 1995- Sachin Tendulkar

Indian veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar Also this List Includes Sachin Had scored 205 runs in the fifth edition.

• Sixth Edition, 1997- Arjun Ranatunga

Sri Lankan veteran batsman in the sixth edition of Asia Cup history Record For the third time to score the most runs in an Asia Cup List In Top Stay on Arjun scored 272 runs in this edition.

• Seventh version, 2000- Yusuf Yohana

Pakistan’s Yusuf Yohana Had scored the most runs in the seventh edition. Yusuf Had hit 295 runs.

• Eighth edition, 2004- Shoaib Malik

Pakistan’s most runs in 8th edition Shoaib Malik Had made Shoaib During this time, he had hit 316 runs.

• The ninth version, 2008- Santa Jayasuriya

Ninth The highest run in the edition Sri Lankan batsman Santa Jayasuriya Created Jayasuriya During this time, he gave 378 runs.

• Tenth version, 2010- Shahid Afridi

Pakistan’s legendary player Shahid Afridi Had scored the most runs in the tenth edition. Afridi A total of 265 runs were scored.

• Eleventh Edition, 2012- Virat Kohli

Indian veteran player Virat in 11th edition Kohli Had made Kohli Had hit 357 runs.

• Twelfth edition, 2014- Lahiru Thirimane

Sri Lankan players the highest run in 12th edition Lahiru Thirimane Had made Thirimane Had scored 279 runs.

• Thirteenth edition, 2016- Sabbir Rahman

Bangladesh batsmen the highest run in the 13th edition Sabbir Rahman made it. Rahman had hit 176 runs.

• Fourteenth edition, 2018- Shikhar Dhawan

Indian batsman Shikhar the highest run in 14th edition Dhawan Had made Shikhar gave 342 runs during this period.

• Fifteenth Edition, 2022- Mohammed Rizwan

Mohammed of Pakistan Rizwan Had made Rizwan A total of 281 runs hit.

• Sixteenth edition, 2023- Shubman Gill

Indian batsman most runs in 16th edition Shubman Gill was made. Gill scored a total of 302 runs.

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