Team India have announced the squad for the Asia Cup 2025. Shubman Gill has been named vice captain of the team as well. However, Shreyas Iyer has not been selected in the squad, whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal has been named in the reserve players for the Asia Cup. However, former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) player Subramaniam Badrinath backed the move as well.

“I see this mostly as a positive that they are backing a youngster and projecting him for the future. But what about Yashasvi Jaiswal? He has done even better than Shubman Gill. Also, why has Sai Sudharsan missed out after scoring 700 runs in IPL 2025 and performing better than Shubman Gill? Sanju Samson himself is now in doubt to start in the playing 11,” Subramaniam Badrinath said on his YouTube channel.

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“So while backing Shubman Gill, you ask what wrong have Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan done when their numbers are better than Gill’s. Is this selection based on recency bias? This has been happening in India cricket forever – pick the player doing the best at the moment even if the formats are different. It’s not a bad decision but one that’s 50-50,” he further added.

However, Team India will begin their campaign against the UAE on September 10, while the thrilling game against Pakistan is slated for September 14 as well, with both games set to be played in Dubai. India will play their final group stage fixture against Oman on September 19 in Abu Dhabi as well.