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India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav cleared a fitness test at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, ahead of the 2025 Asia Cup selection meeting on August 19 in Mumbai.
Suryakumar Yadav is expected to lead India in the Asia Cup (Picture credit: PTI)
India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav has reportedly cleared a fitness test at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru, crucially in time for the board’s selection meeting regarding the 2025 Asia Cup in September. Suryakumar underwent surgery for a lower abdomen hernia in Germany in June.
The selection committee will convene in Mumbai on August 19 to discuss and announce the squad for the T20 multi-nation tournament. Suryakumar is expected to be present alongside chief selector Ajit Agarkar, with many pivotal calls set to be taken for India’s T20I future.
“He has cleared his fitness and will be available to captain the Indian team during the Asia Cup,” The Indian Express quoted a BCCI source as saying. “He was at the COE till a few days ago, where he underwent a rehab programme and has now been declared fit. He will be attending the Indian team selection meeting.”
The 34-year-old has recently been rocked by injuries. He went under the knife for a similar sports hernia injury last year, too. The year before that, he underwent surgery for an ankle issue.
This time, he was said to have consulted a doctor in the United Kingdom after IPL 2025. India will hope that the recurrent injuries don’t hamper his preparations for a crucial patch of T20I cricket.
India’s Asia Cup campaign begins on September 10 against the UAE. Suryakumar is the sixth-ranked T20I batter in the ICC rankings but is widely considered one of the best in Indian history, and thus crucial to the team’s hopes of defending the title.
Will Suryakumar pick his successor?
Although Suryakumar has a goos few years of cricket ahead of him, a lot of the talk ahead of the Asia Cup team selection has surrounded around who’d be his successor. Axar Patel is the current vice-captain, and he’s 31, but Shubman Gill’s success with the Test team has shaken things up, if reports are to be believed.
Some believe that this is the right time to appoint Gill as the T20I vice-captain, like in ODIs, to prepare him for eventually taking over from Suryakumar. However, he’s a top-order player, and the current top-three of India — Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, and Tilak Varma — have been in good form and enjoy the team’s backing.
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