Indian Mens T20 Captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar during the press conference to announce the team for the Cricket Asia Cup 2025 at the BCCI Headquarters in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh lambasted chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar for leaving out two…
India captain Shubman Gill speaks during a press conference at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Tuesday July 1, 2025. AP/PTI(AP07_01_2025_000278A) Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has predicted that Shubman Gill might end up leading the team in T20Is as well, after the 25-year-old was elevated as the team’s vice-captain for the Asia Cup.“Not surprising at all. He…
NEW DELHI: Reacting to India’s squad announcement for the Asia Cup 2025, former India cricketer Maninder Singh lauded the team’s balance but felt that young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal should have been included.“It appears to be a balanced team,” Maninder said.“I think Jaiswal should have been in the team because he is a player who adapts…
Shubman Gill and Axar Patel NEW DELHI: India’s Test skipper Shubman Gill has been named vice-captain in India’s 15-member squad for the Asia Cup 2025 T20I tournament, to be held in the UAE from September 9 to 28. The appointment comes more than two years after Gill’s last T20I outing in July 2023, when he…
Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill (X) India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav welcomed the appointment of Shubman Gill as vice-captain for the upcoming Asia Cup, starting September 9 in the UAE. Gill, who is also India’s Test captain, returns to the T20 format after his last appearance in July 2023, signaling selectors’ vision of grooming him…
Jasprit Bumrah (X) Chief selector Ajit Agarkar defended India’s workload management strategy for pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah during a press conference on Tuesday in Mumbai, emphasizing the need to preserve him for significant matches despite recent criticism. Bumrah, who played only three out of five matches in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England, has been included…
Dubai: India’s Shreyas Iyer during a warm-up session before the start of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final cricket match between India and New Zealand, in Dubai, UAE. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) New Delhi: When Ajit Agarkar read out the 2025 Asia Cup squad, there was no mention of Shreyas Iyer in the 15-member list announced…
Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav New Delhi: At the start of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, keyboard warriors had written off Shubman Gill before he could even take strike. His 754 runs in the Test series and series-levelling captaincy, as chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar rightly mentioned, “exceeded expectations.” And Gill’s elevation to India’s T20I vice-captaincy is…
Rishabh Pant of India (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India will head into the Asia Cup 2025 without Rishabh Pant, who has been sidelined with a fractured foot. The wicketkeeper-batsman picked up the injury on the opening day of the fourth Test against England and was forced to return home, missing the fifth Test as…
Shafali Verma (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) Young opener Shafali Verma has been left out of India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming Women’s World Cup due to poor recent form, as announced by selectors on Tuesday in Mumbai. The tournament is set to begin on September 30, with India facing Sri Lanka in the opener…
