Bumrah, Abhishek, Samson likely picks for Asia Cup 2025 as team management weighs vice-captaincy options between Axar Patel and Shubman Gill

Team India will start their Asia Cup 2025 campaign against UAE on September 10 at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.

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Suryakumar Yadav captain of India ,Sanju Samson of India and Tilak Varma of India celebrates after win the match during the India and England - 4th T20I match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on January 31, 2025 in Pune, India.

Suryakumar Yadav captain of India ,Sanju Samson of India and Tilak Varma of India celebrates after win the match during the India and England - 4th T20I match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on January 31, 2025 in Pune, India.

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Asia Cup 2025 will take place in UAE.

Asia Cup 2025 will start from September 9.

India Test captain Shubman Gill is currently the talk of the town after his brilliant show in the recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, but the stylish batter will reportedly face a contender in Axar Patel for vice-captaincy in the Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2025, which is scheduled to take place in the UAE next month. 

As per PTI, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is set to play in the tournament and might be rested for the opening Test against the West Indies in early October.

The squad for the mega event will likely be selected on August 19 or 20, depending on when the NCA team sends the medical report of all players, including that of skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who has already started batting at the nets in Bengaluru.


PTI further stated that there will be some tricky selection calls, but the Indian selectors would certainly like to maintain continuity, which has given them a lot of success from the time Suryakumar took over as T20 captain.

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Apart from that, Axar Patel was promoted as a vice captain during India's last T20I assignment against England, and Shubman Gill was the deputy when Suryakumar was first appointed full-time skipper of the T20 squad in Sri Lanka last year.

No Jaiswal and Sudharsan for Asia Cup 2025

"Abhishek Sharma is world's No. 1 T20 batter in last ICC rankings. Sanju Samson has been fantastic last season with both bat and gloves. So it will certainly be a tough call but Shubman in current form (although in Tests) can't be ignored. He had a good IPL also. Problem for selectors is, there are too many performers at the top of the order," a BCCI source privy to developments told PTI.

 

 

The report further stated that Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan and KL Rahul will unlikely to be part of India's squad for the mega event. KL Rahul is unlikely to be considered as he doesn't bat in the middle-order.

Who will be the second wicketkeeper for India?

Sanju Samson is in contention to be the first wicketkeeper and the second wicket-keeper will be picked between Jitesh Sharma and Dhruv Jurel. While Jurel was a part of the last T20 series, Jitesh had been impressive for RCB during their IPL-winning campaign. He has also revelled in the role of a finisher.


Shivam Dube is likely to be part of the squad

The report further stated that Hardik Pandya remains India's first choice white ball seam bowling all-rounder, Nitish Kumar Reddy, who suffered injury during the England series, is unlikely to get fit in time. Shivam Dube, who made a good comeback against England, is likely to find his place in the squad. Axar and Washington Sundar are set to be the other two spin-bowling all-rounders in the squad.

No Mohammed Siraj for Asia Cup 2025

The main bone of contention will be the seam-bowling attack where Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh have locked their slots. The third slot is a fight between Prasidh Krishna, who has 25 wickets in last IPL, and the burly Harshit Rana, who can bowl some heavy deliveries.

Likely contenders: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana/Prasidh Krishna, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma/Dhruv Jurel.

With PTI inputs

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