Overview

• The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee will convene on August 19–20 to finalise India’s Asia Cup T20 squad once medical clearances arrive from the BCCI Centre of Excellence.
• Suryakumar Yadav is expected to be retained as captain, while Shubman Gill is in contention for the vice-captaincy role.
• Jasprit Bumrah has secured a place in the squad with a managed workload plan ahead of the West Indies Test series.
• The current T20 top five of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya looks set to remain unchanged.
• Nitish Kumar Reddy is unlikely to be fit in time, prompting selectors to name Shivam Dube as the backup all-rounder and to leave out Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan and KL Rahul.