Shubman Gill back in T20I team as vice-captain as Suryakumar Yadav leads

India Squad for Asia Cup 2025: The BCCI on Tuesday announced the Indian squad for the Asia Cup, bringing an end to months-long speculation and rumours. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team while Shubman Gill will be his deputy.Gill returned to the T20I set up after leading India in the Test format against England where they tied the series 2-2. Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal, however, missed out while Kuldeep Yadav came back into the team after missing the England T20I series at the beginning of the year. Big-hitter Rinku Singh as well as  pace star Jasprit Bumrah was also included.
However, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said that this won’t be the final selection for the T20 World Cup 2026. “We have had a nice break…We are trying to look after him: Agarkar said on Bumrah’s workload management. Talking about Jaiswal, who was a stand, Agarkar said, “he will have to wait.”

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“We have lovely players around with amazing skills which makes my job easier,” Surya said.
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India will start their campaign against UAE on September 9, followed the blockbuster clash with Pakan on September 14. The Men in Blue will wrap up their group stage assignments on October 19 with the match against Oman.
After the recent geopolitical tensions between Pakan and India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had threatened to pull out of the ACC general body meeting that was slated to be held in Dhaka on Wednesday, chaired ACC president and Pakan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi. However, with the BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket chiefs attending the meeting through video conferencing, the schedule for the September event was finalised.
With only six months left until the next T20 World Cup iteration to be played in India and Sri Lanka, the continental tournament will return to the T20 format. The previous edition of the Asia Cup was played in the ODI format on the road to the 2023 Cricket World Cup, where India demolished hosts Sri Lanka to lift the title.
While the BCCI are the designated host, the tournament will be played in a neutral setting in the United Arab Emirates with eight teams in contention. Besides India, Sri Lanka, Pakan, Afghanan and Bangladesh the competition will comprise Hong Kong, UAE and Oman.Story continues below this ad
India and Pakan last met in an ODI during the Champions Trophy, with India beating Pakan six wickets on the back of Virat Kohli’s century. Their last T20 meeting came during the 2024 T20 World Cup in New York with a Rohit Sharma-led Indian side edging their rivals six runs.
Full squad: Surya Kumar 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

Asia Cup 2025 schedule

Match No
Teams
Date

1.
Afghanan vs Hong Kong
Sept 9

 2.
India vs UAE
Sept 10

3.
 Bangladesh vs Hong Kong
Sept 11

4.
Pakan vs Oman
Sept 12

5.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
Sept 13

6.
India vs Pakan
Sept 14

7.
UAE vs Oman
Sept 15

8.
Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong
Sept 15

9.
Bangladesh vs Afghanan
Sept 16

10.
Pakan vs UAE
Sept 17

11.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanan
Sept 18

12.
India vs Oman
Sept 19

13.
B1 vs B2
Sept 20

14.
A1 vs A2
Sept 23

15.
A2 vs B1
Sept 24

16.
A1 vs B2
Sept 25

17.
A2 vs B2
Sept 26

18.
A1 vs B1
Sept 27

19.
Final
Sept 28