Mumbai: The 15-member Indian cricket team has been announced for the Asia Cup. Rohit Sharma as the captain and KL Rahul as the vice-captain has been given the command. Virat Kohli, who took rest on the West Indies tour, has returned to Team India. KL Rahul, who has been troubled by constant injury, will also return from the Asia Cup after regaining fitness. However, strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Asia Cup due to injury.
India has become champion 7 times
The Indian team has so far participated in 13 editions of this tournament and has been the most champions seven times. Apart from this, the team reached the final three times, but had to face defeat. Sri Lanka is in second place. Sri Lankan team has been champion five times and runner up six times. Pakistan team has won this title twice.
Qualifiers from 21st August
The qualifiers of the Asia Cup will start from August 21. In this, other teams including UAE, Oman, Nepal, Hong Kong will land. One of these teams will qualify for the main draw. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have already got a place in the main draw. The last time the Asia Cup matches were held in the UAE in 2018.
This time the tournament will be in T-20 format
This time Asia Cup matches will be played in T-20 format. Earlier it was played in ODI format. It was organized for the first time in 2016 in T-20 format. Then Team India defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final. In such a situation, the record of Team India is good here. They captured the title for the 7th time by defeating Bangladesh in the final.
Indian squad for Asia Cup – Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Mine. Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar and Shreyas Iyer are the standby players.
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