Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has chosen his India’s Xi for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, which is scheduled to begin in Dubai on 9 September. In particular, Gavaskar included Vike-Capten Shubman Gill as a opener in an XI, while wicketkeeper-star Sanju Samson supported Batting in mid-order.
On August 19, Ajit Agarkar announced the 15 -member squad of India for the Asia Cup, leading the T20 team. Shubman Gill converted Exer Patel into vice-captains. He returned to India’s T20I side after playing in July 2024. Questions have been raised about the final game combination.
Sunil Gavaskar chose Team India’s playing XI for Asia Cup 2025
Talking to sports today, Sunil Gavaskar chose Shubman Gill as a opener with Abhishek Sharma. Gavaskar also included Sanju Samson in the middle order. He said that Samson may be favorable to the role, describing them as a class act.
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“He can still be in the team because someone is batting the order. He can bat at 5 or 6. He should not be left out, after all, he is a wicket-keeper. Sanju is a very talented player; he can adapt. He can adapt. He is used to take the order down, we should not be very concerned about him, we have a class act, he said.”
Sanju Samson placed in the middle order in the XI to play Team India
Sunil Gavaskar chose Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill as openers, followed by Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav at three and four. The commentator placed Sanju Samson at number 6 as a wicketkeeper, despite his recent success as a T20I opener.
The batting order at Gavaskar included all -rounders Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel. He said that Hardik, Samson and Exer can adjust their positions in order based on the position of the match.
“3 and 4 Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav will be. Depending on what is the score or what you want, you either keep Hardik Pandya a little further, or Sanju Samson goes to bat, there is also someone like Axer Patel who can come in and bat.
Sunil Gavaskar chooses four expert bowlers in Team India’s playing XI
Sunil Gavaskar selected expert bowlers Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jaspreet Bumrah, and Varun Chakraborty for the lowest order from number 8 to 11. However, he said that the team management could prefer an all-rounder at number 8 to provide additional batting depth.
He also mentioned that players like Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana and Rinku Singh will face difficult competition for the spot in XI.
“As far as bowling is concerned, I will also go to open bowling with Arshdeep as well as Bumrah, will be all-rounders to Axer and Hardik Pandya, then Kuldeep and Varun Chalwarti.
Sunil Gavaskar’s Team India is playing XI for the 2025 Asia Cup: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (WK), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakarwarthi, Arshdeep Singh
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