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Bumrah last played a T20I match for India on June 29, 2024, against South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 and picked up two wickets in that fixture.
Jasprit Bumrah to play Asia Cup 2025. (Picture Credit: AP)
Star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will play in the Asia Cup 2025. The 2025 edition of the Asia Cup will be played between eight teams – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, UAE and Oman – in T20I format from September 9 to 28 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
According to a report in PTI on Monday (August 11), the 31-year-old fast bowler from Ahmedabad is set to play in the continental event and might be rested for the opening Test against the West Indies in early October.
The first Test of the two-match series between India and the West Indies will be played from October 2 to 6 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
In the Asia Cup 2025, India will open their Group A campaign on September 10 against UAE in Dubai and then take on arch-rivals Pakistan at the same venue on September 14. India’s third and final Group A match is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on September 18.
India’s Group A schedule in Asia Cup 2025
| DATE | DAY | OPPOSITION | VENUE |
| September 10 | Wednesday | UAE | Dubai |
| September 14 | Sunday | Pakistan | Dubai |
| September 19 | Friday | Oman | Abu Dhabi |
India vs West Indies Test series schedule
| DATES | VENUE | START TIME (IST) |
| October 2-6 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | 9:30 AM |
| October 10-14 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | 9:30 AM |
Bumrah, who is India’s fifth-highest wicket-taker in T20Is, last played a 20-over match for the Men in Blue in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup. In the game against South Africa at Kensington Oval in Barbados, Bumrah bowled four overs and picked up two wickets for 18 runs.
Bumrah’s record in T20Is
| MATCHES | 70 |
| WICKETS | 89 |
| BEST FIGURES | 3/7 in 4 overs vs Afghanistan (20/06/2024) in Barbados |
| ECONOMY RATE | 6.27 |
| RUNS (BAT) | 8 |
| BEST SCORE (BAT) | 7 (9 balls) vs Australia in Guwahati (10/10/2017) |
| DEBUT | vs Australia in Adelaide (26/01/2016) |
| LAST MATCH | vs South Africa in Barbados (29/06/2024) |
He overall has 89 wickets to his credit in 70 matches.
Team selection on August 19 or 20
According to PTI, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee is likely to select India’s squad for the Asia Cup on August 19 or 20, depending on when the Centre of Excellence’s (CoE) Sports Science team sends the medical bulletin of all players, including that of skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who has already started batting at the nets in Bengaluru.
There will be some tricky selection calls, but the Indian selectors would certainly like to maintain continuity, which has given them a lot of success from the time Suryakumar took over as T20 captain.
It is understood that the selection committee won’t be too keen to tinker with the setup, as Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya form a solid top five.
“Abhishek Sharma is the world’s No. 1 T20 batter in the last ICC rankings. Sanju Samson was fantastic last season with both bat and gloves. So it will certainly be a tough call, but Shubman in current form (although in Tests) can’t be ignored. He had a good IPL also. The problem for selectors is, there are too many performers at the top of the order,” a BCCI source privy to developments told PTI.
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