India Team Announced for Asia Cup; Gavaskar Speaks on Ind vs Pak Match

Udaipur, Aug 20, 2025: The Indian Cricket Team for the Asia Cup 2025 has been announced.  The team will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, with Shubman Gill being his deputy. Asia Cup 2025 will start in UAE on Sept 9 in the T20 format. The 8 participating teams have been divided into tro groups. India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman are in Group A. Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong are in Group B. The India team will be led by Suryakumar Yadav and Subhman Gill will be the Vice Captain. The Pakistan team will be led by Salman Ali Agha.This time, big players are missing. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan will not play. Rohit and Kohli have retired from T20. Babar and Rizwan have not been selected in the Pakistan team.

The Indian team will start its campaign in the Asia Cup with a match against UAE on Sept 10. After that, India's second group match is against Pakistan on Sept 14. On September 19, India will play its last group match against Oman. After this, every team will play each other in the Super Four. The final will be played between the top two teams on Sept 28.

IND vs PAK Match?

The big question is whether there will be an India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup or not. In the recent WCL 2025, the India Champions did not play against the Pakistan Champions. After this, many people in India demanded to boycott the IND vs PAK match in the Asia Cup. On social media, users are showing anger at the BCCI and also blaming the government for allowing India to play against Pakistan.

Sunil Gavaskar’s Opinion

Former cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar said that players should not be criticised. He explained that players are only following the rules of the BCCI. The BCCI has got the green signal from the Government of India. Talking to India Today, Gavaskar said, "If the government has taken a decision, then players cannot be blamed. Players are under contract with the BCCI and they will follow what the government says."

He also said, "Players are helpless in this. If the government says to play, then they will play. If the government says not to play, then the BCCI will act as per the order."

Indian Squad for Asia Cup 2025

Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Pakistan Squad for Asia Cup 2025

Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (Wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Moqim.

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