Test skipper Shubman Gill was on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) appointed because the vice-captain, whereas tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was additionally included in India’s 15-member T20 squad for the Asia Cup beginning September 9 within the UAE.
Gill’s final T20 match was in opposition to Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2024 and he has now changed Axar Patel because the deputy of skipper Suryakumar Yadav.
“Gill’s form in England was something we expected but he exceeded it all,” chief selector Ajit Agarkar mentioned throughout the squad announcement press convention right here.
There had been some lingering doubts on Bumrah’s availability largely because of the proximity to the house Test collection in opposition to the West Indies in October.
But the selectors opted to select and this might be Bumrah’s first T20 event since final 12 months’s World Cup.
Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav too has been drafted in, whereas Jitesh Sharma would be the back-up wicketkeeper batter.
Yashasvi Jaiswal was among the many 5 standby gamers chosen by the selectors. The different gamers within the standby are Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, and Riyan Parag.
“It’s unfortunate Jaiswal has had to miss out but he will have to wait,” Agarkar mentioned.
India is positioned in Group A of the Asia Cup alongside Pakistan, Oman, and UAE.
India squad for Asia Cup:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.
