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India Asia Cup 2023 Squad and talking points

The Indian team for the 2023 Asia Cup has been announced. Check out here the India Asia Cup 2023 Squad and talking points.

Harsh Chopra
Last updated: 21.08.2023
India Asia Cup 2023 Squad

The Indian team for the 2023 Asia Cup has been announced and it is squad that has a lot of talking points and the squad has a good depth. The Indian squad for the Asia Cup was highly awaited as this would most likely be the squad that would play in the World Cup later in the year. The selection meeting was one where the 5 selectors, Captain Rohit Sharma and Head Coach Rahul Dravid all took part and that underlines the significance of the team.


Let’s look at the Indian Squad for Asia Cup 2023 and talk about the points that warrant attention

 

Rohit Sharma – Captain

 

BATTERS

Shubman Gill

Virat Kohli

Shreyas Iyer

Tilak Verma

Surya Kumar Yadav

 

WICKET KEEPERS

KL Rahul

Ishan Kishan

 

ALL ROUNDERS

Hardik Pandya

Ravindra Jadeja

Axar Patel

Shardul Thakur

 

FAST BOWLERS

Jasprit Bumrah

Mohammad Siraj

Mohammad Shami

Prasidh Krishna

 

SPINNERS

Kuldeep Yadav

 

RESERVE PLAYER

Sanju Samson

 

Talking points from the Squad


1) India have picked a strong 17 Player Squad and it is a team full of youth and experience.


2) KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are back in the Asia Cup Squad and both are fit. This gives India the number 4 as well as a Wicketkeeper batter

 

3) The all rounders are full of variety including Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur as back ups

 

4) The fast bowling attack is the best it can be with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Mohammad Shami and a young talent in Prasidh Krishna

 

5) The spin bowling attack of India is diverse as Kuldeep Yadav will provide the left arm wrist spin option and there are 2 Left arm all rounders in Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.

 

6) Tilak Verma has been included In the squad based on his good performances and Sanju Samson has been included as a back up for KL Rahul.

 

7) The World Cup 15 will be selected among these 18 Players.

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