India have announced their much awaited 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup. The tournament is set to start on August 30 with Pakistan facing Nepal while India will start their campaign on September 2 against arch-rivals Pakistan in Kandy. As for the squad, Jasprit Bumrah makes the much-anticipated return after proving his fitness in the T20I series against Ireland. Meanwhile, KL Rahul is also back in the mix having recovered from the injury he sustained during the Indian Premier League (IPL). This is the strongest Indian squad named in quite some time and is good news for Indian cricket with ODI World Cup only 40-odd days away.
India squad for Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (Back Up)
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