About 2 years ago, India won 2023 Asia. Sri Lanka’s allout for just 50 runs was a shocking moment for the world. Team India finished that match in just 37 balls. Mohammad Siraj was the biggest hero of India’s victory, who bowled 7 overs and took just 21 runs and took 6 wickets. He was chosen as ‘Player of the Match’ for this performance, but Siraj is not playing the 2025 Asia Cup. Know what is the real reason for this?

Why is Mohammad Siraj not playing?

A report was revealed in a report before the Indian squad was announced for the Asia Cup 2025. It claimed that 2 main fast bowlers in Team India may be Jaspreet Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. Now after the squad announcement, the situation is that Bumrah and Arshdeep will be the 2 main fast bowlers. It is possible that the third fast bowler may play all -rounder Hardik Pandya. Hardly Team India landed on UAE’s pitches with 4 fast bowling options. In such a situation, it would be difficult for Mohammad Siraj to fit into the playing XI.

Anyway, Mohammad Siraj was the highest overs bowler in the Test series against England. He bowled 185.3 overs on England Tour. Since the Asia Cup is coming soon after 2025, the Test series against the West Indies and then the ODI series against Australia. Due to these series, it is possible that Siraj has been rested from the Asia Cup.

Indian Squad of 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

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Mohammad Siraj performed brilliantly in the 5 -match Test series against England, taking 23 wickets. Due to his fatal bowling, England lost in the 5th Test, which managed to finish the India series on a 2–2 draw. Now India will play in the Asia Cup after a month, which is going to start from 9 September. The big question is whether Siraj will play in the Asia Cup or not? He has played in only 1 T20 series after Gautam Gambhir’s head coach.

The Asia Cup will be in 2025 UAE, this tournament played in T20 format will run from 9 September to 28 September. Suspense remains intact on the playing of Mohammad Siraj. In Tests and ODIs, the place of Siraj is considered to be confirmed, but the path of T20 has not been easy for him.

Mohammad Siraj played the last international T20 match in July 2024. After this, Team India played T20 series against Bangladesh, South Africa and England, but Siraj did not get a chance.

Will Mohammad Siraj play in Asia Cup or not?

Gautam Gambhir was appointed the head coach of the Indian team in July 2024, after which Siraj has played only one T20 series. Gambhir has given more emphasis on feeding young players. The head coach’s strategy has been to prepare separate teams for all three formats (T20, test and ODI), in which it is seen that instead of Siraj, it is confirmed in ODIs and Tests but not in T20. India have played the last 12 T20 matches without Siraj. So the question is whether Siraj Head Coach Gautam Gambhir is not the first choice for T20 format?

Mohammad Siraj T20 Career

Fast bowler Siraj made his debut in T20 International in 2017, in the 8 -year career, Siraj has played only 16 matches. Siraj has 14 wickets in T20. He played his last match against Sri Lanka in July 2024.

Talking about Mohammad Siraj’s IPL (2025) this season, he was not reserved by RCB, after which he played for Gujarat Titans. He took 16 wickets in 15 matches, with his economy 9.24.