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.

Updated : Aug 08, 2022 21:37 IST

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