It is already announced that the latest edition of the Asia Cup is set to commence on August 27th. India will play its first match against Pakistan on August 28th. The 15-member squad for the Asia Cup is announced. Virat Kohli who has been rested for the WI tour has been rested. KL Rahul who hasn’t played in a long time has recovered and is back in the squad right away.
Jasprit Bumrah has injured his back and will not be part of the Asia Cup. Harshal Patel still hasn’t recovered. BCCI has trusted Deepak Hooda and he finds a place in the squad over the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, etc.,
Here’s the 15-member squad.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, and Deepak Chahar have been named as the standby players.
