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Asia Cup 2025: India's 1983 World Cup winning-member Kris Srikkanth is baffled by Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee for not giving value to Indian Premier League (IPL) form of players. The former India opener is not happy with Axar Patel’s removal as vice-captain and the presence of pacer Harshit Rana, finisher Rinku Singh and batting all-rounder Shivam Dube in the team. He feels that this team may win the T20 Asia Cup 2025 but won’t go on to win the T20 World Cup next year.
"We might win the Asia Cup with this team, but there is no chance of winning the T20 World Cup with this bunch. Are you going to take this team to the World Cup? Is this the preparation for the T20 World Cup, which is hardly six months away?" asked Srikkanth via his YouTube channel ‘Cheeky Chaka’.
"They have gone backwards. Axar Patel has been axed from vice-captaincy. I don’t know how Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Harshit Rana have come in. IPL is considered the main criteria for selection, but the selectors seem to have considered performances before that," the former chief selector added.
Why Shubman Gill was made T20I vice-captain?
In the press conference, skipper Suryakumar Yadav explained why Shubman Gill walked into the side as vice-captain. Gill’s last T20I appearance was against Sri Lanka where he was vice-captain. He did not play the T20I series against England earlier this year where Axar Patel was Suryakumar’s deputy.
“In my opinion, the last time Shubman Gill played a T20I for India was when we went to Sri Lanka. When I was leading, he was the vice-captain. That's where we started the new cycle for the T20 World Cup. After that, he got busy with all the Test series. He didn't get an opportunity to play T20Is because he was busy with Test cricket and the Champions Trophy,” Suryakumar Yadav told reporters.
India’s squad for T20 Asia Cup 2025 -
Suryakumar 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, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
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