The players of Team India such as captain Suryakumar Yadav have started visiting Dubai in bits before the 2025 Asia Cup. Group A is comprised of Suryakumar and the others, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Oman; and Group B consists of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. The multi-nation will start on September 9.
This time, the Indian contingent broke from tradition by skipping the Mumbai gathering before departure. Instead, the players are traveling separately and will join the team in Dubai.
Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, all-rounder Shivam Dube, and Suryakumar Yadav arrived first, while Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, and Harshit Rana followed in the second group.
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India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak reach Dubai ahead of Asia Cup 2025.@rohitjuglan #AsiaCup2025 @ThumsUpOfficial pic.twitter.com/pcIcdqErcn
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Rinku Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav reach Dubai for the #AsiaCup2025 @rohitjuglan reports @ThumsUpOfficial @ACCMedia1 @BCCI @rinkusingh235 @imkuldeep18#TeamIndia #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/NS8CGBoVC1
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Gautam Gambhir, the head coach, has also landed in Dubai after being seen at the Delhi airport earlier in the day (Thursday, September 4).
🚨Team India head coach, Gautam Gambhir reached Dubai for #AsiaCup2025 @rohitjuglan reports @ThumsUpOfficial pic.twitter.com/QhqlzUlt88
— RevSportz Global (@RevSportzGlobal) September 4, 2025On Friday, September 5, the reigning champions are anticipated to begin their preparations with a full-fledged training session.
Team India squad and schedule for the 2025 Asia Cup
Team India will kick off their 2025 Asia Cup campaign against hosts United Arab Emirates on Wednesday September 10, in Dubai. On Sunday they will play their arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai. They will play their final group-stage match on Friday, September 19 against Oman in Abu Dhabi.
Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Men in Blue and be assisted by Test captain Shubman Gill. Besides that, Jasprit Bumrah participates in the short form of the game first since the 2024 T20 World Cup with this team.
Squad for the 2025 Asia Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Harshit Rana, and Rinku Singh.
Standby players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, and Dhruv Jurel.
