India squad for Asia Cup announced full players list - Kohli, Rahul return; Bumrah ruled out, Shreyas, Axar, Deepak standbys

India Asia Cup full team: Here’s the complete players list of Team India ahead of the Asia Cup, will gets underway in Dubai from August 28.

KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have returned to the India squad for Asia Cup. | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE

INDIA TEAM FOR ASIA CUP

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.

3 backups: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar and Axar Patel.

Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel were not available for selection owing to injuries. They are currently undergoing rehab at the NCA in Bengaluru.

India and Pakistan will play each other for the first time since the 2021 T20 World Cup when they face off in the Asia Cup on August 28 in Dubai.

India, Pakistan and the team that wins the qualifying tournament comprise Group A, while Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are in Group B.

All matches will start at 6pm local time.

ASIA CUP 2022 SCHEDULE

Aug 27: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Dubai

Aug 28: India vs Pakistan Dubai

Aug 30: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Sharjah

Aug 31: India vs Qualifier Dubai

Sep 1: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Dubai

Sep 2: Pakistan vs Qualifier Sharjah

Sep 3: B1 vs B2 Sharjah

Sep 4: A1 vs A2 Dubai

Sep 6: A1 vs B1 Dubai

Sep 7: A2 vs B2 Dubai

Sep 8: A1 vs B2 Dubai

Sep 9: B1 vs A2 Dubai

Sep 11: Final Dubai

All matches will start at 7.30 PM IST