India’s Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announced: Gill Named Vice-Captain, Iyer & Jaiswal Left Out Despite Strong IPL Numbers
The BCCI has officially announced India’s 15-man squad for the Asia Cup 2025, and it comes with a few surprises.
Addressing the biggest talking point, chief selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed that Shubman Gill has been included in the team — not only that, he has been named vice-captain.
However, fans were left stunned as Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal were both snubbed despite scoring 604 and 559 runs respectively in the IPL 2025 season (a combined tally of 1,163 runs).
Interestingly, Rinku Singh – who had a relatively quiet IPL season – has made it into the final squad, underlining the faith shown in him by the selectors and skipper Suryakumar Yadav.
Agarkar and Suryakumar noted that the Asia Cup squad has been selected with an eye on the 2026 T20 World Cup, hinting at a long-term strategy.
✅ India’s Squad for the Asia Cup 2025
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain)
Shubman Gill (Vice-Captain)
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
Standby Players:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel
While the omission of Iyer and Jaiswal has divided opinion, the selectors seem focused on building a balanced squad of specialists and flexible all-rounders.
News Source : Information for this article was gathered from a variety of reliable news outlets.
