India squad for Asia Cup: KL Rahul, Virat Kohli return as Jasprit Bumrah misses out

Rahul
will
return
as
Rohit’s
deputy,
while
Jasprit
Bumrah
was
unavailable
for
selection
due
to
injury.
Meanwhile,
Rishabh
Pant
and
Dinesh
Karthik
named
in
the
squad
as
Ishan
Kishan
and
Sanju
Samson
miss
out.

While
Arshdeep
Singh,
Ravi
Bishnoi
and
Avesh
Khan
get
the
nod
for
Asia
Cup,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Deepak
Chahar
and
Axar
Patel
have
been
named
as
standbys.

In
a
BCCI
statement
on
Monday,
Honorary
Secretary
Jay
Shah
said,
“Jasprit
Bumrah
and
Harshal
Patel
were
not
available
for
selection
owing
to
injuries.
They
are
currently
undergoing
rehab
at
the
NCA
in
Bengaluru.”

On
Monday,
the
All-India
Senior
Selection
Committee
picked
India’s
squad
for
the
upcoming
Asia
Cup
2022
to
be
played
from
August
27^th
to
September
11^th,
2022.

Jasprit
Bumrah
ruled
out
of
Asia
Cup
due
to
injury:
Report

The
15^th
edition
of
the
tournament
will
be
played
in
the
UAE
between
six
teams
(main
event).
Defending
champions
India
are
also
the
most
successful
team,
having
won
the
trophy
seven
times.
While
the
last
edition
of
the
tournament
was
held
in
an
ODI
format,
this
edition
will
feature
the
T20
format.

The
six
teams
are
divided
into
two
groups
with
India,
Pakistan
and
a
qualifying
team
in
Group
A
and
Sri
Lanka,
Bangladesh
and
Afghanistan
forming
Group
B.
Each
team
plays
the
other
once
in
the
group
stage
with
the
top
two
teams
from
each
group
advancing
to
the
Super
4
round.
The
top
2
teams
from
Super
4
will
qualify
for
the
final.

India’s
squad
for
Asia
Cup:

Rohit
Sharma
(Captain),
KL
Rahul
(vice-captain),
Virat
Kohli,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Deepak
Hooda,
Rishabh
Pant
(wicket-keeper),
Dinesh
Karthik
(wicket-keeper),
Hardik
Pandya,
Ravindra
Jadeja,
R.
Ashwin,
Yuzvendra
Chahal,
Ravi
Bishnoi,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Arshdeep
Singh,
Avesh
Khan

Standby
players:

Shreyas
Iyer,
Axar
Patel
and
Deepak
Chahar
have
been
named
as
standbys.