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Shubman Gill back as Vice Captain, Jitesh Sharma’s comeback; KL Rahul-Jaiswal-Ayyar did not get a chance
Samira Vishwas | August 20, 2025 3:24 AM CST

Desk: BCCI has announced a 15 -member team of India for the 2025 Asia Cup to be played from 9 September. Many players have returned to the team and some have suffered a big shock. Shubman Gill has returned to the team as Vice Captain T20. Jitesh Sharma has also made a comeback. At the same time, star players like Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammed Shami and KL Rahul have not found a place in this team.

KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer performed brilliantly in IPL 2025. Iyer scored more than 600 runs. Rahul’s bat also scored a lot of runs. He also scored a century. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored fast as expected. The three were entitled to get a place in the team, but everyone has suffered a setback. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj, who took wickets in the England Test series, has also not been included in the T20 team.

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India’s Test captain Shubman Gill, who scored 650 runs in IPL 2025, has been made Vice Captain. This means that his place in the playing XI is confirmed. Apart from this, wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma, who emerged as a finisher in IPL 2025, has also got a place in the 15 -member team of Asia Cup.

Keeping in mind the conditions for the Asia Cup, 4 all -rounders and 3 fast bowlers have been included in the 15 -member team. Apart from this, the team is full of spinners. The batting department also has big names as Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey and Jitesh Sharma.

Indian team for 2025 Asia Cup- Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana and Rinku Singh.


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