The Indian squad for the 2025 Asia Cup was announced by Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar leaving a bad taste of sour grapes by the conspicuous cold shouldering of the country’s most celebrated short format batsman Shreyas Ayer who topped this year’s IPL batting standings as the highest scorer with over 609 runs. Similarly, the overlooking of Yashasvi Jaiswal who has been a proven short format batsman has bled bad blood.
Meanwhile. the uncertainty as to India’s heroic test captain has been cleared with the batting discovery of record feats in helping India draw thet Anderson-Gavaskar 5 match series being named in the squad for the Asia Cup in apparent show of faith of his batting prowess that has seen him elevated as Suryakumar Yadav’s deputy for the Asia Cup.
There were several surprise selections in India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad, which was announced by BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav. The squad was revealed following a meeting between BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and the selection committee. While some proven performers in the IPL were ignored, a few players with less impressive performances were selected. Shubman Gill has been named vice-captain, and Jasprit Bumrah is also part of the squad. However, there was no place for Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Iyer scored 604 runs in IPL 2025, while Jaiswal scored 559. Combined, their tally was 1,163. Rinku Singh, despite a below-par IPL season, has secured a spot in the squad. Jaiswal is among the five reserve players.
Team India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2025:
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh. Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.