Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah and Sanju Samson have all been selected in India’s 15-man squad for the Asia Cup. The squad, announced on Tuesday afternoon, will be led by Suryakumar Yadav and has Gill as the vice-captain.
mar Yadav and chief selector Ajit Agarkar. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini/The Hindu
Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah and Sanju Samson have all been selected in India’s 15-man squad for the Asia Cup. The squad, announced on Tuesday afternoon, will be led by Suryakumar Yadav and has Gill as the vice-captain.
Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy along with Axar Patel are the designated spinners.
The pace attack comprises only three specialists – Bumrah, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh – along with Hardik and Dube as seam-bowling options.
India will begin its build-up to the men’s T20 World Cup next February with the Asia Cup in the UAE, which kicks off on September 9, with India playing its opening match a day later.
Full squad
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh
Five stand-bys: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
