The Asia Cup 2025 will be starting from September 9, Tuesday and it will be a tough challenge for India’s pacer Arshdeep Singh. He has been a key figure in India’s T20I setup but the left-arm pacer has not played many matches – this is a matter of concern according to former India bowling coach Bharat Arun.
Arshdeep has been India’s most consistent wicket-taker in the T20Is with 99 wickets he has a remarkable strike rate of of 13.23. Although Arshdeep was a part of Champions Trophy 2025, he didn’t get a single game and even in the five-match Test series against England he was benched.
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“Big Challenge For Arshdeep Singh” Says Bharat Arun
“Arshdeep, we all know what he is capable of doing. He must have bowled a lot in England, but he is definitely short of match practice. The rhythm really comes from playing matches, no matter how much you bowl in the net and practice sessions,” Bharat Arun told PTI in an interview.
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“I think it is important to bowl in matches. It’s a big challenge for Arshdeep. How quickly he gets back his match rhythm would be very, very important. It can be in a jiffy or it can take him a couple of matches to get into rhythm,” he added
India To Starts Its Campaign From September 10
The Asia Cup 2025 is all set to commence from today (September 9), and India will be starting its campaign from September 10 with the first match against UAE. Even though India were the original hosts of the tournament, the tournament is held in UAE due to political tensions with Pakistan.
India Squad For Asia Cup 2025
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh
