Asia Cup 2025: the shocking admission of R Ashwin – ‘I am happy for Shubman, but …’ | Cricket news
The former Spinner of India, R Ashwin, admitted that it was a bit shocked not to see the names of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer in Suryakumar Yadav led to 15 team members for the Asian Cup.The Asian Cup will start on September 9, with the reigning champions, India should face the hosts of the United Arab Emirates one day later in Dubai in the eight nations tournament. India and the Pakistan rivals were grouped together in group A and will come up against September 14.“You see, I understand that selection is ungrateful work,” said Ashwin on his YouTube channel “Ash Ki Baat”.“Leaving someone, telling someone that he is abandoned is not an easy thing. You have to talk to players, you have to go through sadness.
“I just hope that Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal received a call, and they were told that the reasons for not being chosen.“Really, I understand the selection of Shubman Gill. He is also vice-captain. He has marked many races for Gujarat titans in IPL. He has the references to choose in the T20i configuration,” he added.Gill, 25, returned to the team of 15 men as a member of the Skipper Suryakumar Yadav, thanks to the stellar role he played with the bat in the recent series of tests against England.
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The first-rate drummer scored 754 points while the relatively young team of India fought from behind for Carré the series of five 2-2 games.The Asian Cup in eight countries will be the first major event in the construction of the T20 World Cup of next year in India in February and March.Gill, who was named Test skipper after retirement from the veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli earlier this year, played an international T20 for the last time in July 2024.“When you have Yashasvi Jaiswal as the third Ouvre-ouvre of the T20 2024 World Cup, to remove someone from the World Cup team and bring Shubman Gill … I mean, I’m fine, I’m happy for Shubman, but I’m very sad for the two children,” said Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer. It’s not just for these two children, “said Ashwin.
