Surya Or Gill? BCCI Source Gives Big Update About India Captain For Asia Cup 2025
Surya led Team India when they last played a T20I match against England in Mumbai on February 2, 2025, whereas Gill is the current captain of India's Test team.
Suryakumar Yadav is the current captain of India's T20I team, but Test captain Shubman Gill's super show with the bat in the recently concluded five-match Test series against England has raised calls for his promotion as India's captain in all three formats of the game. Many fans and experts of the game feel that the 25-year-old right-handed batter from Punjab should be given the leadership role, keeping the future in mind. It was reported earlier this week that Gill could be asked to lead the Indian team in the Asia Cup 2025, but a fresh report in the Times of India on Thursday (August 14) has indicated that Surya will continue to lead the Indian team in the eight-team tournament, which is set to be played from September 9 to 28 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
As per TOI, the 34-year-old right-handed batter from Mumbai, who is currently undergoing rehab at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, will fly to Mumbai from Bengaluru to attend the selection committee's meeting for Asia Cup 2025 on August 19.
'The selection meeting will be attended by India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav, who will fly to Mumbai from Bengaluru, where he is currently stationed at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE) while recuperating after a sports hernia surgery. This development confirms that SKY will continue as India's T20 captain, thus quashing all rumours around India's new Test captain, Shubman Gill, also being given the T20 captaincy now," the TOI report read.
It has also been reported that India's Test opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer won't be picked for the Asia Cup. As per TOI, Jaiswal has been told by the selectors to focus on red-ball cricket.
'With India looking to persist with the opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, Gill is currently struggling to even make it to the side. Even Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had a great series in England, and middle-order bat Shreys Iyer are likely not to be picked for the T20 side. Jaiswal has been told by the selectors to focus on red-ball cricket," a BCCI source was quoted as saying by TOI.
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