The Asia Cup returns after a gap of two years and the 2025 edition of the competition will be contested in the T20 format. The tournament starts on September 9, with Afghanistan taking on Hong Kong in the curtain-raiser. The final will be played on September 28.
Defending champions India were supposed to host the multi-nation tournament, but due to geopolitical tensions between India and their neighbours Pakistan, UAE have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2025 edition.
Eight teams are all set to contest in the tournament and they are equally divided into two groups. Arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been clubbed together in Group A and the big-ticket contest will take place on September 14.
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India will aim to defend their title in the UAE and will send their best possible contingent. Following the retirements of stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the shortest format after the T20 World Cup triumph at Barbados, Suryakumar Yadav was named the captain of the India T20 side.
Since SKY took charge as captain and Gautam Gambhir head coach, seven Indian stars like Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh and Harshit Rana have made their international debuts.
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Suryakumar Yadav is the captain, while Shubman Gill returns to the T20I team as the vice captain. Yashasvi Jaiswal is on standby.
Main squad: 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.
Standbys: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Yahasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag
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India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy