India's Asia Cup 2023 Squad: Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul - Big Names In Fray

20.08.2023 - 09:21 sports.ndtv.com

Indian cricket team's Asia Cup 2023 squad is most likely to be announced on Monday. Several reports have claimed that the BCCI selectors will meet Team India captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid to decide on the final squad for the Asia Cup, which begins on August 30.

India's first match is against arch-rivals Pakistan on September 2 in Sri Lanka. The Asia Cup squad holds extra importance as it will more or less give an idea about what the squad for the ODI World Cup 2023 will look like.

This is the team management's final chance to test out all options. We take a look at the probable names that might get selected for the Asia Cup 2023.

A 17-member squad is likely to be selected as Asia Cup has that provision. Rohit Sharma (captain) - He is an automatic choice.

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