Asia Cup schedule was released soon after the tournament was cleared in the ACC meeting regarding Asia Cup 2025. This tournament will start from September 9. The final match of the tournament will be played on September 28. 8 teams will participate in it and Team India will play its first match against UAE on 10 September. Now Indian fans must have started speculating about Team India’s squad for this tournament.
It is worth noting that this tournament will be played in T20 format this time because the T20 World Cup is to be held in 2026. Earlier, the ODI World Cup was to be held in 2023, so it was organized in ODI format and the Indian team won the title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. But this time Rohit will not be a part of the team. In such a situation, there can be a big responsibility on the young team of India.
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Team India Will Play without Rohit, Kohli and Jadeja
After winning the T20 World Cup in 2024, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja said goodbye to the T20 format. So this time a young team will be seen in the Asia Cup. Suryakumar Yadav has been captaining Team India in the shortest format of the game i.e. in T20Is continuously since last year. While Hardik Pandya can be in the role of vice-captain.
At the same time, Sanju Samson has taken over the responsibility of opening. It will be interesting to see whether Yashasvi Jaiswal supports him or Abhishek Sharma or Shubman Gill. Here is the probable squads of team India for Asia Cup 2025. The official squad of team India for Asia Cup 2025 will be released anytime soon within the next 15 to 20 days.
Preparations for Asia Cup 2025 have now started in full swing. Recently, the Asia Cricket Council had a meeting with the cricket boards of all the countries, in which the schedule of the tournament was discussed. After this, ACC President Mohsin Naqvi announced on Saturday that Asia Cup 2025 will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 9 September to 28 September.
A total of eight teams will participate in it. At the same time, now the discussion has started among cricket lovers about Team India. In this episode, the names of two such strong Indian players are coming out who can be seen playing a big role in the marquee tournament. Both of them will have the responsibility of leading the team in this biggest Asian cricket tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav Will Lead Team India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will appoint experienced batter Suryakumar Yadav as the captain of Team India in the Asia Cup 2025. This year the tournament will be played in 20 overs format. In such a situation, the command of the Indian team will be in the hands of SKY.
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Under his leadership, Indian players have been seen making a splash. During this time the team has looked amazing in bowling and batting. Now once again the leadership will try to create a ruckus. Under his captaincy, India has played 22 T20 matches, out of which it won 18. While lost in four.
Can Suryakumar Yadav’s Team Win Asia Cup 2025?
Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain in Asia Cup 2025, while young batter Shubman Gill will play the role of his deputy. Gill has shown excellent leadership skills as captain in the current Test series against England. Earlier, he was also seen as a captain in the IPL for Gujarat Titans.
His calm nature, technical proficiency and understanding of reading the match situation make him suitable for vice-captaincy. In the absence of seniors like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jadeja, the pair of Gill and Surya will take the field with the aim of giving India its ninth Asia Cup title.
Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah Will Also Make a Place
If we talk about Shreyas Iyer, who can be selected in the Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2025), then he has also not played any T20 match for the Indian team for a long time. But his performance in the IPL was very good. He is the player who has scored more than 600 runs in 15 matches.
For this reason, BCCI can give him a chance. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah will also make a place in the Asia Cup. The reason for this is that he is the main bowler of the Indian team. If we talk about Bumrah’s T20 career, he has played 70 matches and taken 89 wickets at an economy of 6.
Team India’s Probable Squad for Asia Cup 2025
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill and Rinku Singh.
Reserve players: Riyan Parag, Ravi Bishnoi and Jitesh Sharma.
The United Arab Emirates has been awarded the hosting rights for Asia Cup 2025, the tournament will run from 9 to 28 September. The big match between India and Pakistan will be played on 14 September. This tournament will be played in T20 format, which will prove to be important for India in terms of preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
The team may include young and match-winning players like Gill, Jaiswal, Abhishek, Rinku, Jitesh, Hardik, Kuldeep, Bumrah and Siraj. Asia Cup 2025 is going to be held on the UAE ground from 9 September. The first match will be between Afghanistan and Hong Kong, while the Indian team is going to start its tournament by playing a match against UAE on 10 September.