Asia Cup 2025: Questions galore on Team India’s selection! But amid all this, a ‘mahajab’ of backup players spread

New Delhi: As soon as the Indian team was announced for Asia Cup 2025, a controversy has arisen over the selection. Many former cricketers and fans have questioned why some players are getting continuous opportunities, while the players in form are being ignored.

Players like Shreyas Iyer, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravi Bishnoi did not get a place in the Asia Cup with T20 format starting from September 9. On the other hand, Rinku Singh and Harshit Rana got a place in the team.

Many questions are being raised about Shreyas Iyer since the announcement of the team. Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Akash Chopra looked surprised at the selection of Harshit Rana. On social media, fans also told about the old connection between Gautam Gambhir and Kolkata Knight Riders.

But a big thing behind all this is that players like Iyer, Siraj, Krishna, Sundar, Parag, Yashasvi, Bishnoi may not be in the team but they are ready as a perfect backup for the T20 team.

KL Rahul can also be included in this list because his performance is excellent in the format in which he is playing. The most important thing is that Rahul is fully prepared for whatever responsibility is given to him. Rishabh Pant is injured at the moment, if he was fine, he would definitely have been selected in the Asia Cup team at this time.

15-member Indian team for Asia Cup 205: Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Jaspreet Bumrah.

5 standby players for Asia Cup 2025: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.