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The 2025 Asia Cup<\/a> is the Indian men’s team’s next big assignment: who\u2019ll be picked and who\u2019ll miss out \u2013 here\u2019s a predicted squad for Suryakumar Yadav and team.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n India\u2019s squad is expected to be out on August 19: naturally, there\u2019s been considerable debate and conjecture over who would make it to the touring party. There\u2019s still the hangover of the England Test series, but a completely different assignment awaits in the UAE.<\/p>\n India’s Asia Cup squad: All the live updates<\/a><\/p>\n For reference, this was India’s squad for the five-match T20I series against England at home:<\/p>\n Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Rinku Singh (replaced by Ramandeep Singh), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy (replaced by Shivam Dube), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what India\u2019s 15-member squad could potentially look like:<\/p>\n Predicted: India’s squad for the 2025 Asia Cup Batters <\/p>\n Abhishek Sharma is one of the first names on the sheet. The No.1 ranked T20I batter in the world, Abhishek\u2019s rise has been meteoric: this year, he averages 56 in T20Is with a strike-rate of 220. His partner is likely to be wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, who has fallen silent since his three T20I centuries last year. Against England, he managed just 51 runs across five innings at a strike-rate of 119, although that number was up to 140 in the IPL. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Reports suggest that Shubman Gill,<\/a> India\u2019s new (and in-form) Test captain, could be in the mix for the Asia Cup, potentially even getting vice-captaincy. His IPL 2025 surely bolsters that case, having hit 650 at 50 (strike-rate of 156). How (if) he manages to break the incumbent opening pair remains to be seen. Sai Sudharsan, this year\u2019s Orange Cap winner, might feel slightly hard-done by.<\/p>\n In the middle order, Tilak Varma<\/a> \u2013 fresh off a One-Day Cup stint \u2013 is another guaranteed pick. He scored the second-most runs for India in the England series, and had a decent IPL as well, striking at 138. A fit-again SKY will lead the side.<\/p>\n Among the additional batting options, India could go with Rinku Singh \u2013 their trusted finisher not too long ago \u2013 and a backup keeper in Jitesh Sharma. Rinku\u2019s form has blown a bit hot-and-cold, but should still be in contention, with Jitesh likely to make a comeback after starring for RCB in their title-winning run, striking at 176. The other backup keeping options are Ishan Kishan and Dhruv Jurel, but there\u2019s really only space for one.<\/p>\n All-rounders <\/p>\n Among all-rounders, Hardik Pandya is an easy pick, while Axar Patel (whether or not he retains vice-captaincy) should slot in as another one. In terms of strike-rate, this IPL was his best ever (157), batting from four to six for Delhi Capitals. With the ball, it wasn\u2019t as memorable, but in the UAE specifically, he averages 27 at an economy of less than six-and-a-half.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Washington Sundar<\/a> could be the other spin all-rounder. His T20I career has been quite up-and-down, never really getting an uninterrupted run: under Gautam Gambhir, that could change. Call it a bit of recency bias, but a great Test series \u2013 albeit in a completely different role \u2013 should also slightly push his case further. <\/p>\n As a backup seam-bowling all-rounder, Shivam Dube and Nitish Kumar Reddy could be in for a straight shootout. The concern for Nitish is his recent knee injury: his recent social media posts still show him under rehabilitation. Dube has been long-identified as a spin-hitting option, although his bowling output has trailed off recently. He had come in for Nitish in the England T20Is as an injury replacement as well.<\/p>\n Bowlers <\/p>\n Among spinners, Varun Chakravarthy is an easy pick. Enjoying a revival under Gambhir, he took 14 wickets at 9.85 in the England series, and remained solid during the IPL. Kuldeep Yadav, who sat on the bench through the entire Test tour, might have to wait for his chances, again. This is, of course, unless the management decides to keep one all-rounder fewer, especially with Chakravarthy around to bowl in the powerplay: in that scenario, Ravi Bishnoi also comes into contention.<\/p>\n If Jasprit Bumrah is fit (and there\u2019s been a big question mark recently), he\u2019ll automatically take one spot, leaving the other two spots to be filled by Arshdeep Singh, a T20I regular, and potentially Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n Siraj hasn\u2019t played T20Is since July last year, and wasn\u2019t part of India\u2019s Champions Trophy win either. But there could be a temptation to bring him back after a stellar England series, although there could be stiff competition from Prasidh Krishna, this season\u2019s IPL Purple Cap winner. As an aside, Harshit Rana might also be hoping to squeeze in if Bumrah doesn\u2019t make it.<\/p>\n India\u2019s predicted Asia Cup squad <\/p>\n Batters<\/p>\n Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh <\/p>\n Wicketkeepers<\/p>\n Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma<\/p>\n All-rounders<\/p>\n Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube\/Nitish Kumar Reddy<\/p>\n Bowlers<\/p>\n Jasprit Bumrah (if fit), Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj\/Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy<\/p>\n Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, including live scores<\/a>, match stats, quizzes<\/a> and more. Stay up to date with the latest cricket news<\/a>, player updates, team standings,<\/a> match highlights, video analysis<\/a> and live match odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cover StoriesCover Stories AsiaCover Stories UKCover Stories IndiaSeries Cover Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 Asia Cup is the Indian men’s team’s next big assignment: who\u2019ll be picked and who\u2019ll miss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-69248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}