The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian Squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2022. Skipper Rohit Sharma will be leading team India while Vice Captain KL Rahul will mark his comeback with this mega commencing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from August 27 onwards.

Team India will begin its campaign at the Asia Cup 2022 in with a heavyweight clash against their arch-rivals Pakistan on August 28. While Pakistan thrashed Indian batters and bowlers when they last played against each other in the ICC T20 World Cup, this time Men in Blue would look forward to avenge the defeat. With ICC T20 World Cup 2022 approaching, both the teams would want to stamp their authority.  

However, Indian fans also have a reason to be upset. The Indian star bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of this tournament due to his back injury. The Indian pacer has been sent to rehab at the NCA camp Bengaluru.

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But the good news is that not only vice-captain KL Rahul will make a comeback but also former skipper Virat Kohli will also comeback for the Asia Cup 2022. However, Harshal Patel is also ruled out due to his injuries.

Indian Squad for Asia Cup 2022: 

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (Wicket keeper), Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik (Wicket keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan.

Indian Backups for Asia Cup 2022:

Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel.

Indian Schedule for Asia Cup 2022:

The Men in Blue will begin its Asia Cup campaign on August 28 against Pakistan. Then they will next play the Qualifying team match on August 31. The 5 teams qualifying for this tournament are India, Bangladesh, Sir Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

For the unversed, the 6th team will be decided after the qualifier which will be played between UAE, Kuwait, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The Super4 stage matches will be played from September 3 and the Asia Cup 2022 final will be played on September 11.

Venue of Asia Cup 2022:

This edition of Asia Cup is being played in the 20-over format and only two venues have been finalized for the 16 days tournament. The initial matches will be played at Sharjah and qualifiers and final will be played in Dubai. For those who don’t know, India is the most successful team of this tournament with most titles (7), followed by Sri Lanka with 5 wins.

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