Tilak Varma picked; KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer return
Here is the full Indian squad for the 2023 Asia Cup, which will be held from August 30 to September 17 in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The Indian team for the 50-over Asia Cup 2023, which will take place in Pakistan and Sri Lanka from August 30 to September 17, was unveiled by BCCI.
Tilak Varma of Hyderabad joins the squad, along with middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer and wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul. Varma has been added as a second batter, and fast bowler Prasidh Krishna is back after a protracted injury absence.
On September 2 in Kandy, India and Pakistan will square off in a Group A game. The other team paired with Pakistan and India is Nepal.
INDIA SQUAD
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling back-up).