Team India will return to the field a month after drawing the five-match Test series against England by 2-2 margin. With key absentees in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill,
India leveled the series in the United Kingdom (UK). With the side now moving to the next chapter, they will feature in the upcoming Men’s Asia Cup , set to be played in the UAE from September 9 to 28.
While the side will enter the tournament as the defending champions, this year, it’ll be played in T20 format. Notably, India has been placed in Group A alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, UAE and Oman. The Men in Blue, who will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, will kickstart their campaign against UAE in Dubai on September 10.
India to play Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025, confirms BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia
The highly-anticipated India versus Pakistan clash is scheduled for September 14 in Dubai, the conundrum around it continues. This comes after the India Champions refrained from playing Pakistan at the second edition of the World Championship of Legends in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attacks. But recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devajit Saikia shared a big update around the same, while confirming India’s participation in all matches.
Speaking to PTI, Saikia said, “As far as the BCCI's view is concerned, we have to follow whatever the central government formalises. Recently, our policy, which is in place, regarding India's participation in any multinational tournament or international tournament, there is no restrictions imposed by the central government whether we play any of the countries which are not on good terms with India. So India have to play all the matches in any multinational tournament.”
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India’s squad for Asia Cup 2025
Surya Kumar 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
Reserves: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel
