&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement: Shubman Gill returns, Iyer dropped as BCCI name 15-man team")
The wait is over; the BCCI selectors and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav have picked a power-packed 15-man India squad for the 2025 Asia Cup, starting on September 9 in the UAE. Newly-appointed Test captain Shubman Gill returns to the side, while the selectors overlooked Shreyas Iyer for the eight-team tournament. On the other hand, ace quick Jasprit Bumrah also headlines the pace attack, with the selectors picking as many as three spinners.
Here is the full squad -
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), 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 and Rinku Singh
Amid all reports of the selectors contemplating picking either Gill or Shreyas Iyer for the continental tournament, they made up their choice, picking Gill and naming him as the vice-captain. The selectors have backed the core, including openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson, with Tilak Varma also being retained.
While the plus remains that most of those who featured in the past two T20I series, including Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh and Axar Patel, have also been retained, bringing back Jitesh Sharma as a spare keeper comes as a boost for the Indian Team. Shivam Dube’s inclusion also improves the all-rounders’ column.
India’s fast bowling department includes three seamers - Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, with Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy being the two frontline spinners.
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Meanwhile, the selectors, however, took some harsh calls by dropping some of the top names and aspiring contenders for the Asia Cup, including Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, and Nitish Kumar Reddy, among others. Jaiswal, Sundar, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag and Prasidh Krishna are part of the standby players.
No Iyer for Asia Cup
The biggest miss of the lot was Shreyas Iyer. The Indian team’s white-ball mainstay was largely touted to be picked for the 2025 Asia Cup, but the selectors, the head coach and SKY decided against bringing him back.
His exclusion comes as a shock to the fans, as Iyer’s credentials were too strong to avoid him. In the past two IPL seasons, Iyer led two different sides to the final, winning the title with one (KKR in 2024). His calm demeanour and leadership skills could have come in handy for the Indian Team, besides his experience of playing in these conditions, having earlier helped the Indian Team clinch the Champions Trophy in the UAE early this year.
Meanwhile, India is placed in Group A alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Oman, and the tournament host (the UAE). Group B consists of the remaining four teams, including Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong.
The marquee India vs Pakistan Group game is scheduled for Sunday (Sep 14), with both expected to meet again later in the tournament.
