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2025 Asia Cup T20: Dominant India eye ninth continental crown
September 09, 2025
|The Statesman Bhubaneswar
The 2025 T20 Asia Cup begins on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi with Afghanistan facing Hong Kong, but the spotlight is firmly on Dubai, where India launch their campaign against the UAE, a day later.
For most, this feels less like the start of a wide-open contest and more like the beginning of India's juggernaut rolling towards yet another continental crown.
The Asia Cup may be billed as a tune-up for the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup, but this edition of the continental championship feels like a foregone conclusion. India enter the tournament as overwhelming title favourites, armed with unmatched depth, a stable leadership group and a crystal-clear roadmap to next year's T20 World Cup.
So assured are the chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir that they named only 15 players, leaving out proven names like Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal despite the Asian Cricket Council's allowance for 17.
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