The Indian team has been announced for the Asia Cup 2025. This time Suryakumar Yadav has been appointed as the captain of the team, while Shubman Gill has been made vice -captain. Earlier Akshar Patel was vice -captain, but now he is not in the team. Jasprit Bumrah will be the main bowler of India in this tournament. Shreyas Iyer, who was recently performing brilliantly, has not found a place in the team this time. Apart from this, Mohammad Siraj is also excluded from the team.
Change in vice
Since Suryakumar Yadav became the captain, Team India has not lost any T20 series so far. He will also be captained in the Asia Cup, but this time the vice -captain has been taken away from Akshar Patel and given to Shubman Gill. Gill did not play any T20 series since the series against Sri Lanka in July 2024, but now he is returning to the T20 team after about 13 months.
Shreyas Iyer did not get space
Shreyas Iyer scored the most runs for India in the Champions Trophy and his performance in IPL 2025 was excellent. As captain, he took Punjab to the finals and personally scored 604 runs at an average of 50.33. Despite this, the selectors did not give him a place in the Asia Cup team. At the same time, there was a discussion about Mohammad Siraj that he could be rested after the series against England.
Team India squad
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.
