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MUMBAI: The Indian team for the Asia Cup, which will begin from September 9 in the UAE, will be picked on August 19 in Mumbai, TOI has learnt. “Yes, the team for the Asia Cup will be picked on Aug 19 in Mumbai. The selection committee meeting will be followed by a press conference by chief selector, former India pacer Ajit Agarkar,” a source in the BCCI said on Thursday. It’s also learnt that the selection meeting will be attended by India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav, who will fly to Mumbai from Bengaluru, where he is currently stationed at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) while recuperating after a sports hernia surgery. Suryakumar has already started batting at the nets in CoE.
This development confirms that SKY will continue as India’s T20 captain, thus quashing all rumours around India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill also being given the T20 captaincy now. “In fact, with India looking to persist with the opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, Gill is currently struggling to even make it to the side. Even Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had a great series in England, and middle-order bat Shreys Iyer are likely not to be picked for the T20 side. Jaiswal has been told by the selectors to focus on red-ball cricket,” a source revealed.While the Asia Cup will begin with a match between Afghanistan and Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi on September 9. India will play UAE on September 10 at Dubai.
