On Tuesday (19th August) the Indian squad for the Asia cup 2025 to be held in Dubai was selected with Suryakumar Yadav as the captain and Shubhman Gill as the vice captain. Jaiswal, Iyer, and Jurel could not find a spot.
Asia cricket cup 2025 is to be held next month in Dubai and the selection committee has handpicked 15 players to represent India in the tournament. The Match is scheduled to take place between 9 sep to 28 sep. The Matches will be the same as the T20I Format. The squad consists of 15 members Yadav, Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav and more.
The chairman of the selection committee Ajit Agarkar commented on players that could not make it to the list. “It is very unfortunate for Yashasvi jaiswal with Abhishek doing well, he can bowl as well one of the two was going to miss out.”
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Suryakumar Yadav |
Kuldeep Yadav |
Hardik Pandya |
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Shubhman Gill |
Rinku Singh |
Shivam Dube |
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Jasprit Bumrah |
Axar Patel |
Varun chakaravarthy |
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Abhishek Sharma |
Harshit Rana |
Jitesh Sharma |
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Tilak Varma |
Sanju Samson |
Arshdeep Singh |
One of the best players in the modern arena, Shreyas Iyer was not added in the list of players to take part in the Asia cup to be held next month. Despite the extraordinary performance in the IPL as the captain of Punjab Kings and claiming a Runners up title, he was not given a chance to play. Cricket Enthusiasts expressed their disappointment over the shortlisting and called out the unfair treatment of Shreyas Iyer. They called Iyer a "victim of bad politics”
The Chairman said “With regards to Shreyas, I mean, you need to tell him who he can replace. No fault of his, nor is it ours. It’s just that we have to pick 15 at the moment, he’ll have to wait for his chance.”
India is the official host of the event but due to political rift between India and Pakistan a mutual agreement between BCCI and PCB led to the hosting of the event in a different country.