Akash Chopra selected Team India’s squad for T20 Asia Cup, Shreyas Iyer included in playing XI

Yes, this has happened. In fact, Akash Chopra uploaded a video on his YouTube channel on Tuesday, August 19 in which he was seen choosing the playing XI and squad of the Indian team for the T20 Asia Cup. Here he first chose Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson as the opener of his team, after that he put Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav on number-3 and number-4.

After this, Akash Chopra called Shreyas Iyer the best player for the position of number-5 and added him to the playing XI. He praised Shreyas and said, “I have given Shreyas a place in my team, he is now playing. If he plays then he should be in the playing XI. I think if everything goes right with him, he would have been in the Captaincy race of Team India today.”

Significantly, Shreyas has not played any T20 match for Team India since 2023, although he is continuously fighting for his position by performing in domestic cricket.

After this, Akash Chopra has included three all -rounders in the team who are none other, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel and Washington are beautiful. Let me tell you that Akash Chopra finally added three bowlers to the playing XI who is spinner Varun Chakraborty, and fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.

Indian team played by Akash Chopra for T20 Asia Cup

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.

Akash Chopra also selected the remaining four players from the squad after choosing the playing XI of India for the Asia Cup, including the fast bowler famous Krishna, wicketkeeper batter Jitesh Sharma, opener batter Yashasvi Jaiswal and spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

The former player believes that if a fast bowler gets hurt during the tournament, then the famous Krishna can take his place, while Jitesh Sharma will play this role when the chief wicketkeeper Sanju Samson is injured. If the team needs an opener, then there will be Yashasvi Jaiswal, while Varun Chakraborty will have the option of Kuldeep as a backup.

Squad of Indian team selected by Akash Chopra for T20 Asia Cup

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, famous Krishna, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Yadav.