Revealed on: Aug 21, 2025 06:47 am IST
A former India cricketer made an remark on India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad, and was left ‘shocked’.
The Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI choice committee introduced India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad on Tuesday, and it has raised some eyebrows. The roster consists of Shubman Gill, who has been appointed as vice-captain in a workforce that might be skippered by Suryakumar Yadav. Some notable absentees embrace Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer.
Former India cricketer Madan Lal weighed in on the squad announcement just lately and was particularly left shocked by Jaiswal’s exclusion. The previous selector additionally questioned the committee’s determination on Hardik Pandya.
The all-rounder has been included within the squad however has been faraway from the vice-captaincy position. However Pandya was additionally faraway from the position already, and it isn’t a brand new improvement. The final time he was vice-captain was on the 2024 World Cup.
‘I don’t know why Hardik Pandya has been eliminated’: Madan Lal
Talking to ANI, the 1983 World Cup winner mentioned, “Generally you are feeling shocked {that a} participant like Yashasvi Jaiswal just isn’t within the workforce…I do not know why Hardik Pandya has been eliminated.”
“However Gill is an effective selection as he’s performing effectively. Within the coming time, it’s attainable that Gill will play in all three codecs..The gamers who make the workforce win a match should not be neglected. ..We have now such an excellent workforce that we might win the Asia Cup,” he added.
Jaiswal has been included within the standby checklist, together with Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.
The 2025 Asia Cup is scheduled to be held within the UAE, from September 9-28, and India are additionally the defending champions. The Indian squad additionally consists of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, who’ve fashioned a dominant opening pair in T20Is over the course of the final eight to 10 months. However there are query marks over Samson’s position as an opener for the match as a result of inclusion of Gill, who’s now anticipated to open for India.
