{"id":874554,"date":"2025-09-21T01:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/india-announce-15-member-squad-for-asia-cup-2025-suryakumar-yadav-to-lead-shubman-gill-named-vice-captain-bumrah-and-arshdeep-to-lead-pace-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:13:26","slug":"india-announce-15-member-squad-for-asia-cup-2025-suryakumar-yadav-to-lead-shubman-gill-named-vice-captain-bumrah-and-arshdeep-to-lead-pace-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/india-announce-15-member-squad-for-asia-cup-2025-suryakumar-yadav-to-lead-shubman-gill-named-vice-captain-bumrah-and-arshdeep-to-lead-pace-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"India Announce 15-Member Squad for Asia Cup 2025: Suryakumar Yadav to Lead, Shubman Gill Named Vice-Captain, Bumrah And Arshdeep To Lead Pace Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Asia Cup 2025:<\/strong> The suspense is finally over! The BCCI has unveiled India\u2019s 15-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025. As expected, Suryakumar Yadav will lead Team India in the tournament, while Shubman Gill has been named vice-captain.<\/p>\n

Chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced the squad in Mumbai alongside T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav, putting an end to speculation around Bumrah\u2019s availability, Siraj\u2019s return, and the battle for the deputy\u2019s role.<\/p>\n

Suryakumar Yadav To Lead India In His First Major Tournament<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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India\u2019s T20 captain, Suryakumar Yadav, will lead the side in the Asia Cup. This will be SKY\u2019s first major assignment as skipper in a multi-nation event. The selectors showed confidence in his leadership skills.<\/p>\n

Shubman Gill Named Vice-Captain<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There was considerable discussion over whether Shubman Gill or Hardik Pandya would be chosen as deputy, but the selectors ultimately backed Shubman. His attacking batting style prior leadership success in test cricket tilted the decision in his favour.<\/p>\n

Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Form Pace Trio<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jasprit Bumrah, who has been carefully managed due to workload issues, has been cleared to play. He will spearhead India\u2019s pace attack alongside young bowlers Harshit Rana and left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh. Youngster Harshit Rana has also earned a call-up as a backup pace option.<\/p>\n

Middle Order Packed With Firepower<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The middle order features a solid mix of youth and experience. Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, and Hardik Pandya add depth, while Shivam Dubey has been rewarded for his all round abilities.<\/p>\n

INDIA’S STANDBY FOR ASIA CUP:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.<\/p>\n

Balanced Spin Department<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Varun Chakaravarthy make up the spin attack. The selectors opted for variety by including both wrist-spin and finger-spin options.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s 15-Member Squad for Asia Cup 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India\u2019s Squad:<\/strong>\u00a0Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Asia Cup 2025: The suspense is finally over! The BCCI has unveiled India\u2019s 15-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025. As expected, Suryakumar Yadav will lead Team India in the tournament, while Shubman Gill has been named vice-captain. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced the squad in Mumbai alongside T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav, putting an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2549,126],"tags":[10412,6053],"class_list":{"0":"post-874554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-announce","8":"category-india","9":"tag-announce","10":"tag-india"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}