Sanju Samson Out? Indian Legend's Controversial Asia Cup 2025 Squad Elates Fans

The excitement for the Asia Cup 2025 is building as the continent's biggest cricket festival is around the corner. The ACC tournament is set to begin on September 9, and the final is scheduled for September 28. The Asia Cup 2025 will be played across two venues in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. A total of eight teams will participate in the tournament, divided into two groups of four teams each. The two teams from each group will advance to the Super Four stage. In the Super four stage, a team will play three games and the top two teams in the points table will play the final, scheduled at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. The tournament will be played in T20I format and will help teams prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026.

Coming to the Indian Cricket Team, they will be one of the favourites to win the Asia Cup 2025. The Suryakumar Yadav-led side is the defending champions of the tournament after they won the last edition in 2023, where they beat Sri Lanka in the final. The Men in Blue are one of the best cricket teams in the world, hence anything less than a final will be a failure.

Harbhajan Singh Asia Cup 2025 India Squad Picks Draw Controversy

Amid all the speculations around the Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2025, former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has revealed his team for the tournament. The cricketer-turned-commentator made some of the controversial calls and dropped players who had performed.

There was no place for Sanju Samson in Harbhajan’s team. This came as a massive shock, as since last year, the keeper-batter has hardly put a foot wrong in the T20Is, scoring truckloads of runs. Moreover, his opening combination with Abhishek Sharma has worked terrifically.

Harbhajan Singh also added Shreyas Iyer to his team, more so because of what the right-hander did in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Leading the Punjab Kings (PBKS), he slammed around 600 runs and took his team to the final of the tournament.
Instead of Samson, he backed either KL Rahul or Rishabh Pant to take the keeping role in the Asia Cup 2025. Another talking point in his team was the inclusion of Riyan Parag, who has been performing well with the bat and ball in the IPL as well as domestic cricket. His top three included Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill.

Harbhajan Singh Asia Cup 2025 India Squad Picks:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul/Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and Arshdeep Singh

Asia Cup 2025 India Squad to be Announced on August 19

The Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2025 is expected to be announced on 19th August. As per the various media reports, it is learned that the chairman of the selectors, Ajit Agarkar, will be addressing the press conference in Mumbai to reveal the team for the eight-nation tournament.

The Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2025 has been in the news for a while now. There have been various reports which have provided an update about the team. If they are to be believed, then some of the big names are all set to miss the tournament.

Several reports have claimed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) won't be disturbing the core. Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya will be the top five since they are among the top T20 scorers for India. They will be followed by all-rounders and the bowlers.