As the Asia Cup 2025 is all set to begin, all eyes are on the new Indian team , after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's retirement from T20S last year. The Indian cricket squad is about to participate in a championship without these legendary cricketers. Notably the squad announcement grabbed headlines as many people felt that Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal had been snubbed.
Nevertheless, the Asia Cup 2025 India squad would be headed by Surya Kumar Yadav, whereas Shubman Gill has been named the vice captain. A grand spectacle is worth waiting, as Asia Cup 2025 is near, and whether this Indian team would fit in the shoes of being the champion team of Asia Cup.
Asia Cup Squad 2025
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
Reserves: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Key Players to Look Out for
The batting unit of the Indian team provides key players like Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill. Judging the bowling unit, we have Jasprit Bumrah, and spinners such as Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy and the all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Batters such as Tilak Varma, with his immense stroke play, anchor the middle order. Then there is Abhishek Sharma, who has a strike rate of 172.35 and was pivotal in the victory in the series against South Africa. Shubman Gill would return to T20Is after the IPL 2025 season, where he had a strike rate of 155.87.
Speaking of the bowling unit, one cannot forget the bowling greatness of Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy had been instrumental in strengthening the spin department, especially in the middle overs.
And, if we consider some notable matches' winning performances, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma double centuries led India to a total of 283 and a series win against South Africa in 2024. There are no injury concerns for the squad, as all players remain fit and available. However, Harshit Rana's potential at No.8 is still doubted.
Team India Recent Form in T20I's
Analysing the performance of India's T20I team in their recent matches, it has somewhat been noteworthy, after the T20 World Cup 2024. They have demonstrated excellence, dominance in the matches they played; in 2024 they played 26 T20I matches winning 24 and losing 2 against Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The most recent T20I series, they played against England winning the series by 3-1. However, it is to see that their recent form has been strong, with high scoring games that includes nine 200 plus totals in 2024.
India's Record in Asia Cup
In the T20 format, no team has been as dominant and destructive as Team India. The Asia Cup in the T20 format has been held in 2016 and 2022. India's campaign in 2016 was unbeaten, as they went on to win against Bangladesh in the final. However, the 2022 campaign has been unsuccessful, crashing out in Super 4, after losing to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Now, India enters the 2025 Asia Cup from September 9 to 28 in UAE.
| Matches Played (Asia Cup T20) | 10 |
| Won | 8 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Best Performance | 2016 (title) |
India's Chances of Winning Asia Cup 2025
India are the favourites to win the 2025 edition of Asia Cup. We predict India will make all the way to the finals and be crowned as champions for the 2nd time in the T20 format of Asia Cup. With the Kind of form that the Men in Blue are coming off winning 92% of their matches last year and overall hold 80% win record in Asia Cup it's a no brainer on which team is going to clinch the trophy.
Chances of Winning: 53%
Our Prediction: India to Win Asia Cup 2025
