On Monday, August 21, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the Asia Cup 2023 squad. On the press convention, Captain Rohit Sharma and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar mentioned India’s potential World Cup group, the all-rounder state of affairs, and Yuzvendra Chahal’s omission.

When requested concerning the absence of all-rounders within the present India squad in comparison with the 2011 World Cup successful facet who had Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina chipping in with the ball, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma introduced the home down together with his hilarious response. Right here’s what Rohit needed to say:

“That was the group of 2011, they’d people like that. You need to make do with what you may have. We’re giving these performers probabilities. We can not in a single day create somebody who can bowl. All these guys are batters and so they can rating runs, that’s the reason they’re within the group. However hopefully [Rohit] Sharma and [Virat] Kohli can roll their arms over within the World Cup (laughs).”

The 2023 version of Asia Cup is ready to kick begin from August 30, with Pakistan taking over Nepal within the match opener. India will kicks-off its marketing campaign towards arch-rivals Pakistan on September 2 in Pallekele.

India Squad for Asia Cup 2023

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna