India will play under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya! 3 youth got first opportunity, 15 -member team finalized for Asia Cup 2025
Asia cup 2025: Preparations for Asia Cup 2025 are in full swing, this upcoming T20 tournament is going to start from 9 September. In which the Indian team will start their campaign against UAE on 10 September. Meanwhile, a possible 15 -member team of Team India has come out for this mega event, and this time a big change has been seen.
According to reports, Hardik Pandya has been made the captain of the team, while some young players have been included in the team for the first time.
India will play under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya!
Keeping in mind the T20 World Cup 2026, the Asia Cup 2025 (Asia Cup 2025) is being organized in T20 format this time, in this format the responsibility of the Indian team is in the shoulders of Suryakumar Yadav, but Surya recently underwent London Sports Harnia surgery, in which many media reports are claiming that he can be out of this tournament. In such a situation, Hardik Pandya can be given the command of Team India for this tournament.
Pandya’s experience of captaincy
Actually, Hardik Pandya has a good experience of captaining India. He has been performing in white ball cricket for the last few years. This is the reason that he is considered to be at the forefront of the captaincy race for Asia Cup 2025 (Asia Cup 2025) in the absence of Surya.
Let me tell you, Hardik has captained 16 T20 matches for India between 2022 and 2023, in which he won 10 matches, while 5 loses and 1 match were inconclusive. Under his leadership, the balance of the team looked strong and the players saw confidence.
Several media reports are claiming that 3 young players may get a chance to debut in the team that the selectors announce in the Asia Cup 2025 (Asia Cup 2025), which can include the names of young players like Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
These three players won the hearts of everyone by performing brilliantly in IPL 2025. In such a situation, it is believed that management can give these players a chance to debut in the Indian team through the Asia Cup.
India’s 15 -member possible squad for Asia Cup 2025
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Tilak Verma, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Prabhasimran Singh, Dhruv Jurlel, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarti, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh
Disclaimer- It is the author’s personal opinion that the Indian squad may be like this in the Asia Cup 2025, although Team India is yet to be officially announced for this tournament.