By Kaif - Aug 11, 2025 12:46 PM
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Asia Cup 2025: After the end of the England tour, India's next assignment is the Asia Cup. It will start from September 9 and all the matches will be played in the UAE. The Indian team will start its campaign against the UAE on September 10. After this, according to the schedule, Team India will play a match against Pakistan on September 14. However, the selectors have a real challenge before this tournament.
Actually, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were not part of the T20 team for some time and now if they declare themselves available for the Asia Cup, then the selectors will have the challenge of who to choose for opening.
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Team India Opener Race for Asia Cup 2025: Gill and Yashasvi were not part of the five-match T20 series played against England in February this year. Both Gill and Yashasvi played their last T20 match against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in July 2024. Since then, the responsibility of opening in any T20 series has been on the shoulders of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. After July 2024, India has played T20 series against Bangladesh, South Africa and England and Abhishek and Samson have been responsible for opening. However, if Gill and Yashasvi return, then who will be given the opening, this is the biggest question.
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Shubman Gill: Given the performance of Shubhan Gill in the Test series against England, it will be difficult to ignore him for the Asia Cup. Shubman was last seen playing T20 cricket for India in July 2024. Now if he returns, no one should be surprised. Shubman has been opening in white ball cricket, so he can get a place in the team for the Asia Cup as an opener. Shubman has scored 578 runs in 21 T20 International matches, including 1 century and 3 half-centuries.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal: This left-handed batsman performed brilliantly in Test cricket on the England tour and scored two centuries. Also, he was in excellent form for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Like Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi is also known for his stormy batting. Yashasvi played his last T20 International match in July 2024, but he may return to the team for this big tournament. Yashasvi scored 723 runs in 23 T20 matches for India, including 1 century and five half-centuries.
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Abhishek Sharma: This young batsman has made his mark in T20 cricket in a very short time. Abhishek is at the top of the ICC T20 batting rankings. Abhishek is known for his explosive batting, and he can also prove useful with the ball. Abhishek's selection seems certain. Abhishek scored 535 runs in 17 T20 International matches for India, including two centuries and two half-centuries.
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Sanju Samson: Sanju Samson has scored three centuries as an opener in T20 Internationals. He can be a good option for India in both aggressive batting and wicketkeeping. However, there has not been much consistency in Sanju's form, which goes against him. The good thing is that Sanju Samson is a wicketkeeper, which strengthens his claim for selection. Sanju has so far scored 861 runs in 42 T20 International matches for India.
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