It’s time for Asia’s biggest tournament as all the Asian heavyweights will be going up against each other in the Asia Cup 2023. The tournament will be played from 30th August to 17th September. Out of 13 games, 4 games will take place in Pakistan whereas 9 games will be played in Sri Lanka. It’ll be great preparation for all of them to prepare themselves for the World Cup and get their combination right.
Asia Cup 2023: India Playing 11 for the Asia Cup Prediction
The Asia Cup 2023 will be a great opportunity for the Indian Cricket Team to rectify their batting order and get all the things in the right place before the ICC World Cup 2023. Also with players returning from injury will have a great game time ahead of the main show and can gain their touch back.
Coming to the playing 11, there’s no doubt about India’s top 3. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will open the innings while Virat Kohli will follow them at No.3. The trio will be extremely crucial for the team’s chances a lot would be dependant on them as they would be doing a bulk of scoring in the tournament.
Shreyas Iyer is expected to bat at No.4 as since the last few years he has done well at that spot. He has been out due to injury but it is likely that the team would be backing him. KL Rahul also has returned after a nursing injury and it is likely that he will be there at 5 and will keep the wickets as well.
Hardik Pandya along with Ravindra Jadeja will be the two all-rounders in the team. They are also expected to play a crucial role with bat and ball. Shardul Thakur might get a nod ahead of Mohammad Shami because of his batting prowess. India would be wanting batting depth and Shardul can provide them and play the third pacer’s role.
Kuldeep Yadav will be the second spinner in the team along with Ravindra Jadeja whereas Jasprit Bumrah along with Mohammed Siraj are expected be to the two pacers in the team for the Asia Cup 2023.
Rohit Sharma (c)
Shubman Gill
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
KL Rahul (wk)
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Shardul Thakur
Kuldeep Yadav
Mohammed Siraj
Jasprit Bumrah
Asia Cup 2023: India squad for the Asia Cup 2023
Here’s India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2023:
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, and Sanju Samson (back up).
