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In Asia Cup 2025, India is going to start its campaign against UAE from today. What will be the final playing XI will be known only during the toss, but the indications that are being received at the moment, they point to big changes.
In the first match of the Indian team in the Asia Cup 2025, there is no place for big match winners like Rinku Singh and Sanju Samson. Let’s take a look at the possible playing XI of Team India …
This can be called injustice to Sanju Samson, but with the arrival of Shubman Gill, who was made vice -captain, it is almost certain to sit out of this star wicketkeeper batter of Kerala.
Abhishek Sharma will be the second opener. With this, the right-left combination of the team will also remain intact. The world’s number one T20 batter Abhishek also gives the team an additional bowling option.
Tilak Verma has confirmed his place at number three in the last few years. Although his performance in IPL 2025 was not very good, but two consecutive centuries against South Africa have hit this position.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav will be the backbone of this team at number four. He is the best batsman of the team and will help the team a lot by working as a bridge between the upper and lower order.
The 2024 T20 World Cup has established Akshar Patel as India’s number five batsman. He has scored 535 runs in 71 T20 Internationals and has taken 71 wickets.
Hardik Pandya will have a big responsibility to finish a few matches in the 2025 Asia Cup and contribute as an additional fast bowler. This senior all-rounder has scored 1812 runs in 114 T20 Internationals and has taken 94 wickets.
Jitesh Sharma has played only nine T20 international matches for India, but if Samson is not included in the team instead of Gill, he will be the first choice as a wicketkeeper. He will expect to continue his form of IPL 2025 as a finisher. 261 runs at a strike rate of 176.35.
Kuldeep Yadav is the lead spinner of India and an X-factor for the 2025 Asia Cup. He will be keen to give some match winning performance due to not playing any international matches since the IPL.
Arshdeep Singh is India’s highest wicket-taking bowler in the T20 International match so far. The left-arm fast bowler played an important role in the 2024 T20 World Cup win with his ability to dominate the powerplay and death overs.
Jasprit Bumrah will lead the Indian invasion in this tournament. He is the best bowler in the team when he is fit. India’s race to win the title will depend on them to a large extent.
In the last few years, it will not be easy for anyone to face the UAE turning pitches, who performed the most frequent performance in the IPL in the last few years.
