Asia Cup 2025: Meet the Indian 11 Ready to Shine on the Big Stage
Asia cup basic information :
The primary purpose of initiating the Asia Cup tournament was to foster goodwill among Asian countries. The tournament was established in 1983, when the Asian Cricket Council was formed. This is the only tournament in the whole world; the team that wins it is considered the champion of Asia for the whole year. After that, India participated in this tournament three years later, in 1986, because at that time, Sri Lanka and India used to play with the same team.
Asia cup first photo in 1984🏆 :
Asia cup Indian Cricket team 2025 players information :
- Surya Kumar Yadav (Captain)
- Shubman Gill (Vice Captain)
- Hardik Pandya (All-rounder)
- Arshdeep Singh (Bowler)
- Abhishek Sharma (All-rounder)
- Tilak Varma (Batsman)
- Shivam Dube (Batsman)
- Axar Patel (All-rounder)
- Jitesh Sharma (All-rounder)
- Jasprit Bumrah (Bowler)
- Varun Chakravarthy (Bowler)
- Kuldeep Yadav (Bowler)
- Harshit Rana (Bowler)
- Rinku Singh (All-rounder)
- Sanju Samson (Batsman)
Surya Kumar Yadav :
- Full Name : Suryakumar Ashok Yadav
- Age : 34 Years
- Born : 14 September 1990
- Born City : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Education : Pillai College of Engineering, New Panvel (Autonomous)
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right arm Medium, Right arm Offbreak
- Nickname : Mr. 360, SKY
- Car Collection :
Surya Kumar’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Surya Kumar Yadav started his senior career for Mumbai in 2010. He played his first match in February 2010, Surya Kumar made his T20 debut in March 2010, and his first-class debut in December 2010.
He made it to the Mumbai Indians team in the 2011 auction and in 2012, he went to play in the Mumbai Indians line-up.
Shubman Gill :
- Full Name : Shubman Singh Gill
- Age : 26 Years
- Born : 08 September 1999
- Born City : Fazilka, Punjab
- Education : Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali, Punjab
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right arm Offbreak
- Nickname : The Prince
- Car Collection :
Shubman Gill’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
If we talk about our vice captain of 2025, his career started with the 2017-18 Ranji_Trophy for Punjab. Shubman Gill made his ODI debut on 31 January 2019, Test match debut on 26 December 2020, and if we talk about T20I, Shubman Gill’s debut was on 3 January 2023.
Hardik Pandya :
- Full Name : Hardik Himanshu Pandya
- Age : 31 Years
- Born : 11 October 1993
- Born City : Choryasi, Gujarat, India
- Education : Mk High School , Vadodara
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right arm medium-fast
- Nickname : Kung Fu Pandya, Hairy
- Car Collection :
Hardik Pandya’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Hardik Pandya played his first international T20I match against Australia on 26th January 2016. After that he made his ODI debut against New Zealand on 16th October 2016, and if we talk about the Test match, He made his debut against Sri Lanka on 26th July 2017.
Arshdeep Singh :
- Full Name : Arshdeep Singh
- Age : 26 Years
- Born : 5 February 1999
- Born City : Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Education : Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36-D, Chandigarh
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Left arm medium-fast
- Car Collection :
Arshdeep’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
In 2018, Arshdeep Singh went to play the World Cup with the India U-19 team. After that, he made his List A debut for Punjab on 19 September 2018. Talking about IPL, he joined Kings XI Punjab (Punjab Kings) in 2019. He made his debut in Senior India T20I on 7 July 2022.
Abhishek Sharma :
- Full Name : Abhishek Sharma
- Age : 25 Years
- Born : 4 September 2000
- Born City : Amritsar, Punjab, India
- Education : Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Slow Left arm orthodox
- Nickname : Abhi
- Car Collection :
Abhishek’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Abhishek Sharma’s IPL debut was on 12 May 2018. He made his List A debut for Punjab on 25 February 2017 and his first-class debut on 6 October 2017. After that, Abhishek Sharma made his T20I debut for India on 6 July 2024.
Tilak Varma :
- Full Name : Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma
- Age : 22 Years
- Born : 8 November 2002
- Born City : Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Education : BBA Degree from Andhra University
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right arm Off-break
- Car Collection :
Tilak Varma’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
When Tilak Verma was 19 years old, Rohit Sharma had said that Tilak Verma will soon play for our country, India, and would also become an all format player. This is from 2022. Tilak was selected for the World Cup in South Africa in 2020.
Shivam Dube :
- Full Name : Shivam Dube
- Age : 32 Years
- Born : 26 June 1993
- Born City : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Education : Hansraj morarji public school, Mumbai
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right arm medium
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Shivam’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Dubey started hitting boundaries in the lower order and also started taking wickets in the very first year of his domestic white-ball cricket debut. The big heading came when Dubey hit five back-to-back sixes in Praveen Tambe’s over. He also hit his first century in IPL 2018 .
Axar Patel :
- Full Name : Axar Rajeshbhai Patel
- Age : 31 Years
- Born : 20 January 1994
- Born City : Anand, Gujarat, India
- Education : Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Slow left-arm orthodox
- Car Collection :
Axar’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Axar Patel made his ODI debut on 15 June 2014 and T20I debut on 17 July 2015. Talking about the Test debut, it happened on 13 June 2021. In the Ranji Trophy that season, he showed consistency with both ball and bat for Gujarat. He scored 369 runs at an average of 46.12 and took 29 wickets at an average of 23.58.
Jitesh Sharma :
- Full Name : Jitesh Mohan Sharma
- Age : 31 Years
- Born : 22 October 1993
- Born City : Amravati, Maharashtra, India
- Education : Not Available
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Role : Wicket-keeper-batter
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Jitesh Sharma’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Jitesh Sharma entered the Vidarbha senior team in the 2013-14 season. At that time, Jitesh was a wicketkeeper and batsman. His strong performances were given in the Cooch Behar Trophy in 2012-13 and Jitesh scored 537 runs in 12 innings, which included 1 fifty and two centuries. He made his List A debut in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14 and for the first two seasons played only limited-overs matches for Vidarbha, where he mostly batted in the top order.
Jasprit Bumrah :
- Full Name : Jasprit Jasbir Singh Bumrah
- Age : 31 Years
- Born : 06 December 1993
- Born City : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Education : Nirman High School, Ahmedabad
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right-arm fast
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Bumrah’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Bumrah made his IPL debut in 2013 for the Mumbai Indians. He made his ODI debut against Australia in 2016, and the same year, he made his T20I debut against Australia. And talking about his Test debut, he made it against South Africa in 2018.
Jasprit Bumrah was a yorker specialist in his earlier days. Just like his Mumbai-Indians teammate, Lasith Malinga. Within just seven years of his debut, he became the first bowler in Test cricket history to take 200 Test wickets at an average less than 20.
Varun Chakravarthy :
- Full Name : Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod
- Age : 34 Years
- Born : 29 August 1991
- Born City : Bidar, Karnataka, India
- Education : SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right-arm leg break googly
- Nick Name : Mystery Spinner
- Car Collection :
Varun’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career
Varun made his T20I debut for India against Sri Lanka on 25 July 2021, and his ODI debut was in January 2022 against South Africa.
In domestic cricket, he made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu on 20 September 2018. Talking about IPL, Varun played one match for Punjab Kings in 2019 and after that joined Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2020.
Kuldeep Yadav :
- Full Name : kuldeep yadav
- Age : 30 Years
- Born : 14 December 1994
- Born City : Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Education : Karam Devi Memorial Academy World School, kanpur
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Left-arm wrist spin
- Nick Name : KD
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Kuldeep’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Kuldeep Yadav joined the Indian national team in different formats on different dates. If we talk about his test debut, the dates for his test debut were 25 March 2017. ODI debut happened on 23 June 2017 and T20I debut happened on 9 July 2017.
Harshit Rana :
- Full Name : Harshit Pradeep Rana
- Age : 23 Years
- Born : 22 December 2001
- Born City : Ghevra, Delhi, India
- Education : Ganga International School, Delhi
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right-arm fast
- Car Collection :
Harshit Rana’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Harshit Rana’s joining dates are according to different teams and contexts. He joined the Indian test squad as a cover in June 2025. He played in the IPL for KKR on 28 April and joined KKR as a replacement player in April 2022 itself.
Rinku Singh :
- Full Name : Rinku Khanchandra Singh
- Age : 27 Years
- Born : 12 October 1997
- Born City : Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Education :
- Batting Style : Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style : Right-arm off break
- Car Collection :
Rinku Singh’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Rinku made his List A debut in March 2014 for Uttar Pradesh. He also made his first-class debut on 5 November 2016 for Uttar Pradesh. Talking about IPL, he made his IPL debut in 2018 for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Talking about T20I, he made his ODI debut on 18 Aug 2023 for India against Ireland and on 19 December 2023 for India against South Africa.”
Sanju Samson :
- Full Name : Sanju Viswanath Samson
- Age : 30 Years
- Born : 11 November 1994
- Born City : Pulluvila, Vizhinjam, India
- Education : St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Kerala
- Batting Style : Right Handed Bat
- Role : Wicket-keeper-batter
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Sanju Samson’s Professional, Domestic and Asia cup Career :
Sanju made his debut in KKR in 2013. After that, he played for Rajasthan Royals from 2013-2015, then joined Delhi Daredevils/Capitals in 2016–2017. He joined RR again in 2018. At the international level, he made his T20I debut for India in 2015. A Rajasthan Royals mainstay, he has made over 3000 runs for them in the course of his first eight seasons.