The Indian Defense of the World Cup T20 is still a year away, but the journey now starts with the Asian Cup. Squad, who selected the selection panel led by Ajit Agarkar, covers many bases, but also raises some interesting questions.
Indian Asia Cup Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), SHUBMAN GILL (Vice-Capitan), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravth, Arshadepi Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit (WK), Harshit (WK), Harshit (WK) Rink Singh
Standby: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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As with all strong teams, players who feel hard will always be omitted. Good teams always have more candidates than available places. Yet this selection still raises some interesting questions.
Who will be the breeder of the first selection?
Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma perform very different roles in the batting line. Samson is most effective on the peak of the order, while Jitesh has built his reputation with a lower -order heroism. Who gets a nod will depend on the structure of the team that India prefers in their XI.
The return of SHUBMAN GILL as a vice-capitan suggests that he is almost a certain starter. If Gill plays, Samson’s place could be endangered because India is likely to build all three Abhishek Sharma, Gill and Samson. Agarkar has already indicated that Abhishek with his launching and other options he provides with the ball is the opener of the first selection.
As a result, Samson can find himself on a bench without his own guilt, with the Indian six includes Abhishek, Gill, Tilak, Suryakumar, Hardik and Jitesh.
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Why isn’t Shreyas Iyer?
In IPL 2025 Shreyas Iyer introduced a revised T20 that impressed everyone. It became a highly constitutional, highly consistency machine with a high impact, accumulates 604 runs on average 50 and a strike rate of 175. It ended as the sixth highest run and one of the first five had no better strike.
Only on these numbers would you expect to fit into any Indian team. But when he asked the Iyer’s exclusion, Agarkar said, “You’ll have to tell me who can replace … again, no his mistake. Not ours.
In order to answer Agarkar’s question, on the basis of the form of IPL, Shreyas could easily come out before Gill or Tilak if only the Supreme Order doughs are considered. He also led Pandjab Kings impressively and almost delivered his first IPL title.
What is more interesting is that Shreyas was not even appointed among The Standby, with Riyan Parago preferred. While Parag is undoubtedly a promising talent, its best IPL season in 2024 does not compare with the Shreyas 2025 campaign. And this year’s IPL, Parag lasted the period of middling, on average 32.7 at a strike of 166.5. These numbers were inflated by a single explosive tap 95 out of 45 balls against KKR; Without it, its revenues dropped to an average of 27 and the strike rate of 156.
Shreyas Iyer has disappeared on a 15 -member team is surprising. His absence and standby are stunning. But for him, to be overlooked when Riyan was selected, it is, frankly, shocking.
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Jasprit Bumhrah and the issue of workload
Selectors suppressed all the pointed fingers to the biggest Indian winner by nameing him in the team. Any team in any format is stronger with Jasprit Bumrah in it. But due to the stress and injuries that have already withstood, India would be wiser if she managed her workload and preserved it for tournaments, rather than risking the killing of goose that puts golden eggs.
Selectors and team management must believe that Bumrah is sufficiently rested after the English test series to manage the shorter T20 tournament. Its integration allows India to build an attack full of force, with Bumhrah, Arshdeep, Kuldeep and Varun in XI. Although it slightly weakens the launch, it is a bowling unit capable of suppressing any line -up in the world and win tournaments
Looking forward, the Indian home test series against West Indies begins October 2, just four days after the final of the Asia Cup 28 September. Whether India is finally, tight planning suggests that Bumrah may miss this series. It also emphasizes selector priorities: with the defense of the T20 World Cup, which is approaching next year, are ready to place a T20 cricket over a smaller Marquee test series, a fair call.
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