Former Indian cricket team captain and BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly has selected the Indian team’s playing eleven for the Asia Cup 2023. Ganguly has given space to 5 batsmen, two all-rounders, two spinners and two pacers in his team. India’s first match in Asia Cup 2023 is against Pakistan on September 2. India has selected a 17 member squad for this tournament. 18th player is Sanju Samson as traveling reserve.
Sourav Ganguly has selected the playing eleven from the 17 member squad. While selecting the playing XI on Star Sports, he has said that he will keep both Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul in his squad, who are returning from injury. He has trusted Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami as the two fast bowlers Hardik Pandya Pace is an all-rounder. India thus have three fast bowling options.
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Ganguly as opener in playing eleven Rohit Sharma And Shubman Gill while the third number will be Virat Kohli. At the same time, he has Shreyas Iyer in the middle order, KL Rahul And has opted for Ravindra Jadeja, while Hardik Pandya has been retained for the finisher. Spin all-rounder Akshar Patel is at number eight and Kuldeep Yadav is at number nine. Also, he has kept Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah at number 10 and 11 respectively.
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Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Famous Krishna and Mohammad Siraj have been left out of Ganguly’s playing XI. Sanju Samson will not be available anyway as he will remain with the team as a touring reserve. Only if a player gets injured will he get a chance in the final 17.
Ganguly’s Playing XI for Asia Cup
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami