Asia Cup 2025: 13 Players Who Disappeared From Team India's 2022 Squad
Three years can change the face of any cricket team, and Team India is proving it once again. The squad chosen for the 2025 Asia Cup bears little resemblance to the one that took the field in the UAE back in 2022. Out of the 17 players who were part of the 2022 Asia Cup, only four remain today. The rest, 13 in total, have either retired, been sidelined due to injury, or simply fallen out of the selectors' plans.
Back in 2022, India's line-up featured heavyweights like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Dinesh Karthik. It was a team still relying on the old guard, even though the winds of change were beginning to blow. That same year, Rohit and Virat would go on to play pivotal roles in India's 2024 T20 World Cup triumph, but the Asia Cup exit in Dubai was the first clear sign that the side needed an overhaul. By 2025, that transformation is complete.
Asia Cup 2025: The Missing 13
The list of absentees from 2022 is long. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Dinesh Karthik have since retired. Rishabh Pant's prolonged injury absence has kept him out, while KL Rahul too failed to find a spot in the current squad. Deepak Hooda's international career has stalled, and bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Deepak Chahar and Ravi Bishnoi have been left out due to poor form.
The only ones still surviving from that old team are Hardik Pandya, who famously finished off Pakistan with a six in Dubai, along with a handful of others who have managed to adapt to the new demands of modern T20 cricket.
Why So Many Changes?
By 2022, the T20 format had already started evolving, and India's reliance on its star names and conservative batting template was proving costly. Teams like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan were building line-ups around strike rates, matchups, and fearless cricket. That is why Sri Lanka not only beat India and Pakistan in that Asia Cup but also went on to lift the trophy.
Indian selectors realised quickly that reputation alone would not win T20 games anymore. The formula had to change; strike rate mattered more than stature, economy rate mattered more than ego. From the Asia Cup of 2022 through to the 2023 T20 World Cup, the gradual shift began. Veterans faded, and a younger, faster crop of players came in.
India's Asia Cup Squad 2022
Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, K L Rahul, Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi
India's Asia Cup Squad 2025
India's squad for Asia Cup 2025: Surya Kumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh
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