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Asia Cup Squad Live: The Indian cricket team may be announced soon for the Asia Cup to be held next month. This time many big reshuffles can be seen in the team.
The Indian team may be announced soon for the Asia Cup.
Press conference will be held after team selection
The BCCI selection committee will elect the team for the Asia Cup on Tuesday. The board has given this information. After the team selection, captain and chief selectors Ajit Agarkar will hold a press conference. The women’s cricket team will also be elected on Tuesday, who will play a three -match series against Australia.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who were not elected in the Asia Cup team, have started getting advice of retirement. Former Pakistan cricketer Tanveer Ahmed said that if Babur and Rizwan have their respect, they should retire from international cricket following the path of Virat Kohli.
Siraj difficult to find a place
Mohammad Siraj is less likely to find a place in the Asia Cup team. A maximum of 3 specialist pacer is expected to be selected in the team. Among them, the names of Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and famous Krishna are at the forefront. Harshit Rana can be selected as a reserve pacer. Siraj is likely to be given rest during this tournament.
A total of 8 teams will participate in the Asia Cup 2025. These teams are divided into two groups of 4-4. Group A stars India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman. Group B stars Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.
All hope of being selected by Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah, who is in the discussion for more fitness and workload management than his game, can be seen playing in the Asia Cup. If they are selected in the team, they will play the first match of this format after the T20 World Cup final. Bumrah last played a T20 match on 29 June 2024.
Harbhajan Singh has chosen this team for the Asia Cup team. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Ryan Parag, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah.
Kaif’s team includes Gill
Before the Asia Cup, many Indian giants have chosen the team of their choice. These include Mohammad Kaif to Harbhajan Singh. Mohammad Kaif’s Asia Cup Team: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Mohammad Siraj, Jitesh Sharma, Shubman Gill.
Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were not part of the playing XI when the Indian team played the T20 series last time. Jasprit Bumrah was also not in the team. At that time, the top-4 batter in the playing XI was Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. Now efforts are being made to fit Shubman Gill in this top-4. Gill recently performed well in the IPL. In the Test series against England, he scored a record -breaking runs.
Asia Cup will be played in UAE
India is the host of Asia Cup 2025. However, this tournament will be played in UAE instead of India. One reason for this is the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. There is a class in India that does not want Team India to play matches from Pakistan or the Pakistani cricket team came to India. The BCCI has found a middle way, in which the Pakistan team will not come to India. However, so far there is no reason for India and Pakistan not fighting. According to the schedule, India and Pakistan will match on 14 September.
India has to save its title
The previous edition of the Asia Cup was played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2023. India won this tournament in a spectacular style. Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final. Defending champion India will now come down to save its title in the Asia Cup starting on 9 September.
