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**Headline: India to Clash with Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025, Eyes Continental Supremacy Under New Leadership**

**Dubai, UAE –** The Indian men’s cricket team is set to kick off its campaign for the Asia Cup 2025 against hosts UAE on Wednesday, aiming to defend its title and assert its dominance in the continental tournament. This 17th edition of the Asia Cup marks a new era for the team, being their first major multi-team ICC tournament since the retirement of veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the T20I format after their T20 World Cup victory last year.

Suryakumar Yadav will lead a dynamic 15-member squad as captain, with Shubman Gill as his deputy. The team boasts a blend of experience and youthful talent, including in-form youngsters Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma, alongside IPL stars Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma. The bowling attack will be spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.

All eyes will be on the highly anticipated clash between India and arch-rivals Pakistan, scheduled for September 14th. A further two encounters are possible, in the Super 4s and final rounds.

Eight teams will battle for the Asia Cup title, divided into two groups. India finds itself in Group A, alongside Pakistan, UAE, and Oman. Group B consists of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong China. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 4s, with the top two from that stage progressing to the final showdown on September 28th.

Cricket fans in India can catch all the action live on SonyLIV (streaming) and Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 1 HD, Sony Sports Ten 5 and Sony Sports Ten 5 HD (TV channels), with regional language commentary available on Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi) and Sony Sports Ten 4 (Tamil & Telugu).

With India being the most successful team in Asia Cup history with eight titles, this edition promises to be an exciting display of T20 cricket ahead of next year’s T20 World Cup. The tournament will be played in the T20 format, alternating from the ODI format used in previous years.

**India Squad:**

* Suryakumar Yadav (Captain)
* Shubman Gill (Vice-Captain)
* Abhishek Sharma
* Tilak Varma
* Hardik Pandya
* Shivam Dube
* Axar Patel
* Jitesh Sharma
* Jasprit Bumrah
* Varun Chakaravarthy
* Arshdeep Singh
* Kuldeep Yadav
* Sanju Samson
* Harshit Rana
* Rinku Singh
**Standby Players**
* Prasidh Krishna
* Washington Sundar
* Dhruv Jurel
* Riyan Parag
* Yashasvi Jaiswal

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