Malayalam player Sanju Samson is not in the Indian cricket team for the Asia Cup. BCCI announces 17-member team Rohit Sharma will lead the team. Wicket keeper batsman KL Rahul and middle order batsman Shreyas Iyer who were out due to injury are back. (Sanju Samson not in Asia Cup Team 2023)
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who was out for a year due to injury, returned to the ODI team while Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Siraj returned as pacers.
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Ishan Kishan retained his position as the second wicket keeper. While opener Shubman Gill, who disappointed in Windies, also retained his place in the Asia Cup team, Yashaswi Jaiswal was dropped. Malayalam player Sanju Samson was included in the team as a back-up wicketkeeper.
Here is the 17-member team
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
While Thilak Verma won the Asia Cup squad, Suryakumar Yadav also retained his place despite not having the best record in ODIs. When Mukesh Kumar, who was brilliant in West Indies, was out, Physht Krishna, who was brilliant against Ireland, returned. Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja retained their position as spinners, while Yuzvendra Chahal was out again.
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2023-08-21 09:03:58
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