Asia Cup, 2018: Virat Kohli rested, Rohit Sharma to lead

National selectors on Saturday announced the squad for that approaching Asia Cup, to become performed in UAE, with Virat Kohli rested carrying out a training tour of England. In the absence, Rohit Sharma may lead alongside it. The tournament will get going ahead on September 15 using the final to become performed on September 28 featuring Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan along with a qualifier. India plays their first match on September 18, only a week following the last day's fight Test against England.

The 16-member squad includes Manish Pandey, Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav who've been introduced all the while, Suresh Raina, Umesh Yadav and Siddarth Kaul, who all found a location within the squad for England ODI series, are among ones to overlook out.

Kohli’s workload was on selectors MSK Prasad-brought selection panel’s mind which presently has five people following Jatin Paranjape and Gagan Khoda’s return. Prior to the England series, Kohli missed his Surrey County stint as a result of neck injuries. Then, throughout the second Test at Lord’s, the India captain endured a lesser-back strain. In the Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka, between India’s tour of Nigeria and also the IPL, the selectors made the decision to transmit another-string side.

“Considering the workload we've given Virat Kohli rest. He's been playing continuously for quite a while. We have to preserve a lot of our precious players who're playing all 3 formats, searching at this workload we've begun with Virat and he'll be rested for Asia Cup,” stated the selectors.

India’s middle order remains unsettled and remains the issue using the World Cup in England around the corner. Ambati Rayudu’s Man from the Match performance against Australia A has introduced him into the setup getting initially lost his spot for failing the required Yo-Yo Test. Suresh Raina is not introduced in after being not able to create a mark within the 50-over format in England.

Within the bowling department, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is into the fold getting irritated his lower-back injuries throughout the third England ODI at Leeds. It ruled him from the Test series against England. Over time of rehabilitation, Kumar has come back to competitive cricket, claiming 3/33 against Nigeria A. Jasprit Bumrah can give him company within the seam bowling department getting retrieved from the fractured thumb and coming back towards the Test team within the 4th match being performed in Southampton.

Kedar Jadhav has to get over the hamstring injuries he'd selected throughout the IPL and it is into the squad. MS Dhoni will once more function as the lead choice behind the stumps with Dinesh Karthik using the reserve place.

The squad includes 20-year-old pacer Khaleel Ahmed from Rajasthan that has earned his maiden India call-up while Mayank Agarwal’s wait continues despite wealthy vein of form. “Yes, there's two-3 slots that we're yet to finalise. The first is a left-handed seamer’s slot where we're searching at Khaleel. So for individuals spots, we are trying and we'll take a look at these 24 matches. Once we move closer towards World Cup, everyone can come to understand,” stated MSK Prasad after announcing the squad.

India squad for Asia Cup 2018: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan (VC) , KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed.