Legendary batsman Versere Sehwag believes that India has a shelling to lift the Asia Cup 2025 in the United Arab Emirates next month. The Indian cricket team led by Suryakumar Yadav will kick their campaign against UAE on 10 September, with a big game against Pakistan on 14 September.
Next to the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, Virender Sehwag has named three players who feel that in UAE, Blue may be a match-winner for men. However, the former Indian opener has surprisingly snatched Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson among their match winners.
Virender Sehwag named Jaspreet Bumrah, Abhishek Sharma, and Varun Chakravarti as India’s Asia Cup 2025 Games-Charges.
India’s Paes Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who is ready to return to the T20 IT for the first time after the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, remains India’s last strike weapons.
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Abhishek Sharma, who is known for his explosive batting at the top, and the mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty, who starred in the UAE’s ICC Champions Trophy winning campaign earlier this year, is Sehwag’s top pics.
The former Indian opener believes that the upcoming Asia Cup in the UAE may be Bumrah, Abhishek and Chakraborty’s game changer for men in blue in 2025. In particular, men are entering the Continental tournament as a defending champion in Blue.
They can win the match on their own: Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag was told by Sony Sports: “I think Abhishek Sharma can be a game-changer. Bumrah is always a game-changer. Varun Chakwarhar, with his mystery bowling, was very effective in the Champions Trophy and T20 format, therefore, these are some game-changers that can match for India.”
There were rumors that Bumrah would not play in all sports in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 to manage his workload. And Sehwag emphasized the importance of management of fast bowlers, but stated that tournaments like Asia Cup and World Cup rely very much on India’s top pacers fit and firing.
Sehwag highlighted that protecting players like Bumrah is important for both his long -term career and the possibility of lifting India’s major trophies.
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India’s deadly trio T20i number
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah’s T20I record is amazing. He has so far taken 89 wickets in 70 matches of 17.74, including India’s title winner ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in UAE and 15 scale in Caribbean.
On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma has scored 535 runs in just 17 T20s at a shocking strike rate of 193.84, with two centuries and two fifty in his name.
Punjab Lad’s 135 against England remains the highest individual T20I score for India. Speaking about Varun Chakraborty, the mystery spinner has 33 wickets in 15 T20s, which is in his name till date, which is one of the most powerful weapons in India.
Well, India has been slipped to the Asia Cup 2025 in the UAE, Pakistan and Oman as well as Group A. After its tournament opener against UAE on 10 September, India will face its biggest rivals, Pakistan in Dubai on 14 September, in Abu Dhabi before finishing the group-offer game against Oman on 19 September.
