New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Monday announced the Team India squad for the Asia Cup tournament, kicking off from August 31, 2023.
The names of 17-member squad was announced by chief selector Ajit Agarkar. It will be followed up by a press conference by captain Rohit Sharma & chief selector.
Rohit Sharma will be leading the Men in Blue while Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain of team. A couple of players are returning to the Squad for the much-awaited tournament, either after a period of rest or injuries.
The biggest names returning to the squad are Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul from injury layoffs. Other big names include Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
Tilak Verma is another crucial player to make it the squad, for the ODI tournament. His heroics in the T20 against West Indies in his maiden series, apparently made him the favourite of selectors.
#WATCH | BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar announces Indian Men’s Cricket team for Asia Cup 2023
“Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel,… pic.twitter.com/hG6Y6YkZQr
— ANI (@ANI) August 21, 2023
This 17-member squad is likely to remain the same for upcoming Cricket World Cup 2023, as there will be hardly any room or time for change in between the two tournaments. The Asia Cup will be played in September while the Cricket World Cup 2023 will begin in October 2023.
Team Squad:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Traveling stand-by player: Sanju Samson
