India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement Highlights: Shubman Gill reinstated as vice-captain; Shreyas Iyer snubbed

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India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan reckons it is a matter of time before Shreyas Iyer is included in the T20 setup. The batter has been advised to keep doing the hard yards and results will quickly follow.

Taking to X, Pathan wrote, “There is no doubt in my mind that @ShreyasIyer15 will not only be in the t20 side but he will be part of the leadership group too. Patience is the key for him at the moment.”

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin minced no words as he tore into Ajit Agarkar for ignoring Shreyas Iyer despite the batter having strong T20I credentials. He said that he cannot make sense of the batter not making the squad despite leading Punjab Kings to the final in the 2025 edition of the IPL.

Ashwin also spoke about how Shreyas Iyer played so well in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 for India, helping the side win the tournament.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar is extremely disappointed that Shreyas Iyer's name went missing. He is more upset with Ajit Agarkar's comments that he couldn't get Iyer even if he wanted to. Because if he did, Shreyas would have at least made the cut in the standby list. Has India's T20I ship sailed on Iyer? Read the entire story.

Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan tweeted on X that Indian cricket has entered a new era, with Shubman Gill leading the charge across all three formats.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: As expected, the 20-minute press conference was packed with talking points. Agarkar and Suryakumar Yadav faced tough questions on the omissions of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer, and neither shied away from addressing them. To sum up, read the 5 biggest talking points from the press conference.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Shubman Gill's return might well be the end of the road for Sanju Samson in India’s XI. As vice-captain, there is no way, Gill won't play. And when he does, he of course will open along with Abhishek Sharma. Tilak Varma won’t be moved from the No. 3 position, and neither will Surya or Hardik. So there’s your rough deal.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Just in case you missed the announcement, here is the replay of Ajit Agarkar reading out the names.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Shubman Gill is in time going to be the next all-format captain, and that’s how they are positioning him. Are they getting Gill back? Yes, and as the vice-captain. It will be an interesting 12 months in Shubman Gill’s life. Samson. Call it whatever you want, but this is the time of Shubman Gill. He cannot put a foot wrong.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Agarkar says, "It depends on the captain, management. When we reach Dubai and see the conditions, they will take the call." But hey, we all know, of course, he will, possibly at No. 3 since disturbing Samson-Abhishek combo won't be in the best interests of the Indian team.

1. Prasidh Krishna
2. Riyan Parag
3. Dhruv Jurel
4. Washington Sundar
5. Yashasvi Jaiswal

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: "Washy will be in the scheme of things. Not the final T20 WC squad. Kuldeep, Varun and Axar have been around for a while. Sundar can come when needed. Rinku in the side because we needed an extra batter. Samson and Jitesh are the two keepers."

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Ajit Agarkar – "We see leadership qualities in Gill. Exceeded all expectations in England. Great sign. I can only talk about T20. With regards to Jaiswal, it’s unfortunate. Abhishek has done well. Plus, he can bowl a little bit. One of these guys were going to miss out. Jaiswal will have to wait for his chance. Same for Shreyas. No fault of his, nor is it ours."

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, and Rinku Singh.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Fresh update coming from the selection meeting. In fact, straight from the meeting room. The BCCI, on its X handle, shared the recent picture, showing Suryakumar Yadav, Ajit Agarkar, secretary Debajit Saikia, Shiv Sundar Das, Ajay Ratra and the other selectors. Bring it on, BCCI! We're ready.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Shreyas Iyer has not put a foot wrong in the last year. Winning the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Mumbai, winning the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders. What else does one need to do? Aakash Chopra says, "Ab toh bhai ka time aa jana chahiye". (His time must come now), while Abhishek Nayar reminds what he is capable of. His exact words are: "There are no reasons why Shreyas shouldn’t be in India’s T20I squad."

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Aakash Chopra has cleared the air on the chances of Shubman Gill being given a leadership role in India’s T20 setup. He is strongly against Gill being appointed the vice-captain to Suryakumar Yadav because, for him, it doesn’t make sense to break the continuity. Axar Patel was named the vice-captain not too long ago, and it's better to continue with him than shake things up already.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Abhishek Nayar, who, not too long ago, was part of the Indian coaching set-up, feels that while there are no immediate reasons to worry, India’s big question is to identify and mould the young cricketers. For example. Who after Sanju Samson? Who after Hardik Pandya? Will Jitesh Sharma make a return to the team? It's mostly the back-up options that Gautam Gambhir needs to figure out and shape.

India Asia Cup 2025 Squad Announcement LIVE: Ah! Good sight. The coverage has begun, and it starts with real-time visuals of Ajit Agarkar entering the BCCI headquarters. Aakash Chopra and Abhishek Nayar are in the studio to share their two cents. We're officially counting towards the announcement now.

India's Asia Cup 2025 squad selection LIVE Updates:… has just reached the venue as well. Although the coverage will start at 2 PM IST, expect the press conference to start a little later.

The press conference should have started by now, but hasn't due to the rain. A couple of decision-makers have yet to arrive in Mumbai due to the city's weather. However, amid the uncertainty, we have some good news for you. Star Sports has just revealed a fresh start time for their coverage, meaning the big announcement may not be too far after all.

Unlike the ICC, which typically restricts squads to 15 players for major white-ball tournaments, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) allows teams to pick up to 17 members for the Asia Cup. For India, this opens up an interesting dilemma. Traditionally, the BCCI has preferred to go with a 15-member squad for marquee events, keeping selections tighter and more competitive. But if the selectors, led by Ajit Agarkar and with Gautam Gambhir’s input, decide to use all 17 slots this time, much of the drama surrounding last-minute inclusions or omissions would vanish, as there would be room for two additional players. Pakistan has already announced a 17-member squad, and now the question is whether India will follow suit, or stick to its tried-and-tested 15.

Asia Cup 2025 India Squad LIVE: Yes, he has yet to recover from the foot fracture he sustained in the Manchester Test, and his right toe is still in a cast. Just a few days ago, Pant posted a picture on Instagram expressing raw frustrations over not being able to get back on the field quickly. Forget the Asia Cup, but Pant will find himself in a race against time to get ready for the two Tests against the West Indies.

Asia Cup 2025 India Squad LIVE: We're on! India's T20I captain has just landed at the BCCI headquarters, braving the rain to enter the Wankhede Stadium. We could be on for a delay, but rest assured, the 15-member squad will be announced today. Still, the visuals of SKY are a huge positive, indicating that the delay may not be as long as initially expected.

Asia Cup 2025 India Squad LIVE: More news in! More than 250 flights have been cancelled. Still, the good news is that the team announcement will happen today as per the earlier schedule. It is also being learnt that some important calls regarding the team are being made right now as you read this.