India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE Updates: Will Gill, Iyer Find Spot In Suryakumar’s T20 Team

Batters: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav (C)

Wicket-keepers: Dhruv Jurel, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson

All-rounders: Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya

Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav

Pacers: Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

India's T20I captain, Suryakumar Yadav, successfully cleared his post-surgery fitness assessment at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru on August 16, 2025.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources confirmed that Yadav completed rehabilitation requirements following his sports hernia surgery. The procedure, addressing his lower-right abdomen, occurred in Munich, Germany, in June 2025.

“Fitness tests are mandatory before Return to Play (RTP) post-surgery. Surya has cleared the fitness test,” PTI quoted a BCCI in the report.

The BCCI’s senior selection committee is set to finalise India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad in Mumbai on Tuesday, just weeks before the T20 tournament kicks off on September 9 in the UAE. India start their title defence on September 10 against UAE and are in Group A with Pakistan, UAE, and Oman.

With India’s T20 depth, the squad will include current stars and notable omissions. Imagining two full-strength squads:

India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.

Alternative XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna.

Packed with rising stars, IPL heroes, and comeback contenders, the second XI could easily challenge the main squad.

Fitting Shubman Gill into India’s slick T20 machinery could be the thorniest task facing the national selectors when they meet on Tuesday to finalise the 15-man squad for next month’s Asia Cup in the UAE.

Gill, who has been in sublime touch in red-ball cricket and fresh off a stellar run in England, has not quite found a natural place in the T20 unit that will contest the continental tournament from September 9 to 28. For Ajit Agarkar and his panel, the question is whether to disturb a functioning set-up just to accommodate a big name.

India’s T20 bench strength is overflowing, with almost 30 players capable of walking into the squad. Every position has three or four contenders, especially at the top of the order where at least half a dozen batters of similar pedigree are available.

The BCCI will host two press conferences on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at its Mumbai headquarters, following key selection meetings for India’s men’s and women’s teams.

The Senior Men’s Selection Committee will pick the squad for the ACC Men’s Asia Cup, with a press briefing featuring the team captain and selection chairman at 1:30 PM IST.

The Women’s Selection Committee will announce squads for the upcoming ODI series against Australia and the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, with a press conference scheduled at 3:30 PM IST, attended by the captain and committee chairperson.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India's squad announcement for the upcoming Asia Cup that is set to take place in September in UAE.