Tags: Asia Cup 2023,
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Shreyas Santosh Iyer,
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Revealed on: Aug 22, 2023
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday, August 21 named the squad for the 2023 Asia Cup, which can be performed from August 30 to September 17. The 17-member squad consists of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, each of whom can be making a comeback from damage. Nonetheless, keeper-batter Sanju Samson has additionally been included as a backup participant since chief selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed that Rahul has picked up one other niggle
The Rohit Sharma-led squad options Suryakumar Yadav, who has been retained regardless of a lackluster ODI document. Younger batter, who impressed on T20I debut in West Indies, additionally finds a spot within the Asia Cup squad. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who made his comeback after 11 months within the ongoing sequence in Eire, has additionally been picked. Nonetheless, all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been retained as vice-captain of the squad.
Among other Indian pacers, the selectors have picked Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna. Prominently, there is no such thing as a place for leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been disregarded in favor of Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. There have been reviews that Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar had been additionally being thought of. Skipper Rohit Sharma admitted that there was a debate over the spin division.
“We had a deep dialogue about an off-spinner and a leg-spinner as nicely. However see, issues boil all the way down to batting choices at Nos. 8 and 9. We wished somebody who can bat there. Axar had a superb run this yr, did nicely in white-ball cricket. With him being there, it permits us that choice of firstly having that left-hander who can go up and play the spinners after which he creates for us that batting depth. We talked about Ashwin and Washington as nicely. As you noticed, even Chahal missed out as a result of we will solely get 17 gamers in,” Rohit defined.
On Varma’s inclusion, chairman of selectors Agarkar acknowledged that the assume tank has a chance to offer him some publicity.
“In West Indies, we noticed some actual promise by way of not simply performances however the temperament. And it offers us a chance to take him with the group, give him some extra publicity; a left-hander once more, appears to be like very promising. So luckily we will take 17 right here, it will be 15 on the World Cup. So when the time comes we’ll take that call, however for the time being it at the very least offers the coach and captain a chance to have him with the squad,” the previous pacer commented.
India’s Asia Cup 2023 Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (backup)
–By A Cricket Correspondent
