India Asia Cup 2023 Squad Breakdown: Which of these 18-men will make the India 2023 Cricket World Cup Squad?
Let’s breakdown India Asia Cup 2023 squad, which is basically India’s 18-member preliminary World Cup 2023 squad, given that the first World Cup warm map match is on September 29th.
Here is a quick preview: India is going with experience to help them go all the way in this upcoming World Cup.
Let’s dive right in.
Key Takeaways from India Asia Cup 2023 ODI Squad Announcement
- The average age of India Asia Cup 2023 squad is 29.2. India is going with a squad that has lots of experience but there are a couple of new faces as well. They have youngsters like Tilak Verma (21), Shubman Gill (23), and Ishan Kishan (25), On the other end of the spectrum, we have stalwarts like Virat Kohli (34) and Rohit Sharma (36).
- The 18-member India’s preliminary World Cup squad has average ODI match experience of 74 ODIs. Virat Kohli (275), Rohit Sharma (244) & Ravindra Jadeja (177) are their most experienced players, while Tilak Verma is yet to debut in international ODIs.
- India’s squad composition is as follows: 9 proper batters (1 part time off spinner), 4 all-rounders, and 5 proper bowling options. In total, India has 10 bowling options (1 off spin, 2 left arm spin, 1 left arm wrist spin, and 6 right arm pace) in their squad if absolutely needed. India do not have a proper off-spinner, leg-spinner, or left arm pace bowler.
- India has 2 left-handed batting options (Kishan, Verma) and three wicketkeeping options.
India Cricket World Cup Team at a Glance
| Player | Role | Age |
| Rohit Sharma | Batter | 36 |
| Shubman Gill | Batter | 23 |
| Ishan Kishan | Batter/Wicketkeeper | 25 |
| Virat Kohli | Batter | 34 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Batter | 28 |
| KL Rahul | Batter/Wicketkeeper | 31 |
| Tilak Verma | Batter/Part-time off spin | 21 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Batter | 32 |
| Hardik Pandya | All-Rounder/Right Arm Pace | 29 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | All-Rounder/Left Arm Spin | 34 |
| Axar Patel | All-Rounder/Left Arm Spin | 29 |
| Shardul Thakur | All-Rounder/Right Arm Pace | 31 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Left Arm Wrist | 28 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Right Arm Pace | 29 |
| Mohammad Shami | Right Arm Pace | 32 |
| Mohammad Siraj | Right Arm Pace | 29 |
| Prasidh Krishna | Right Arm Pace | 27 |
| Sanju Samson (Reserve) | Batter/Wicketkeeper | 28 |
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India Cricket World Cup 2023 Potential XI
- Rohit Sharma (C)
- Ishan Kishan (WK)
- Shubman Gill
- Virat Kohli
- Shreyas Iyer/KL Rahul (depending on injury status)
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Hardik Pandya
- Axar Patel/Shardul Thakur (depending on condiions)
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Mohammad Siraj
- Jasprit Bumrah
Injury News
- Rishabh Pant is indefinitely out after a horrific car accident.
- KL Rahul has been nursing a back injury since IPL 2023.
- Shreyas Iyer has been out since the beginning of the year due to a thigh injury.
- Jasprit Bumrah is returning after a back injury.
- Prasidh Krishna is returning from a back injury as well.
10 India Players Who Were Unlucky to Miss Out
- Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravi Bishnoi
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3 Surprise Picks for India’s World Cup Squad
- Tilak Verma, Mohammad Shami, Prasidh Krishna
How many players were also in India’s 2019 ODI World Cup Squad?
- 8 (Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami)
India Asia Cup 2023 Squad – Complete List of Players
1. Rohit Sharma (C)
Role: Right Hand Bat (Opener)
- Matches/Innings: 244/237
- Runs: 9837, Best: 264
- Average/SR: 48.69/89.97
- 100/50: 30/48
Recent ODI Form: 51, 101, 13, 30, 12*
Last ODI: July 27, 2023
Age: 36
Embed from Getty Images2. Shubman Gill
Role: Right Hand Bat (Opener)
- Matches/Innings: 27/27
- Runs: 1437, Best: 208
- Average/SR: 62.47/104.05
- 100/50: 4/6
Recent ODI Form: 0, 37, 7, 34, 85
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 23
Embed from Getty Images3. Ishan Kishan (WK)
Role: Left Hand Bat/Wicketkeeper
- Matches/Innings: 17/16
- Runs: 694, Best: 210
- 100/50: 1/6
- Average/SR: 46.26/107.43
- Catches/Stumpings: 5/0
Recent ODI Form: 17, 3, 52, 55, 77
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 25
Embed from Getty Images4. Virat Kohli
Role: Right Hand Bat
- Matches/Innings: 275/265
- Runs: 12898, Best: 183
- Average/SR: 57.32/93.62
- 100/50: 46/65
Recent ODI Form: 36, 4, 31, 54, DNB
Last ODI: July 27, 2023
Age: 34
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5. Shreyas Iyer
Role: Right Hand Bat
- Matches/Innings: 42/38
- Runs: 1631, Best: 113*
- Average/SR: 46.60/96.50
- 100/50: 2/14
Recent ODI Form: 82, 3, 28, 28, 38
Last ODI: January 15, 2023
Age: 28
Embed from Getty Images6. KL Rahul (WK)
Role: Right Hand Bat/Wicketkeeper/#5/Occasional Opener
- Matches/Innings: 54/52
- Runs: 1986, Best: 112
- 100/50: 5/13
- Average/SR: 45.13/86.57
- Catches/Stumpings: 32/2
Recent ODI Form: 64*, 7, 75*, 9, 32
Last ODI: March 22, 2023
Age: 31
Embed from Getty Images7. Tilak Verma
Role: Left Hand Bat/Right Arm Off spin
*Has not yet debuted in ODIs, played 7 T20Is
List A Record
- Matches/Innings: 25/25
- Runs: 1236, Best: 156*
- 100/50: 5/5
- Average/SR: 56.18/101.64
Age: 21
Embed from Getty Images8. Suryakumar Yadav
Role: Right Hand Bat
- Matches/Innings: 26/24
- Runs: 511, Best: 64
- 100/50: 0/2
- Average/SR: 24.33/101.38
Recent ODI Form: 0, 0, 0, 19, 24, 35
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 32
Also Read: Is SuryaKumar Yadav the Most Complete 360 Player in T20 Cricket?
Embed from Getty Images9. Hardik Pandya (VC)
Role: All-Rounder (Right Hand Bat/Right Arm Pace)
- Matches/Innings: 77/58
- Runs: 1666, Best: 92*
- Average/SR: 33.32/112.03
- 100/50: 0/10
- Wickets: 73, Best: 4/24
- Economy:
Recent ODI Form: 1, 40, 5, 7, 70* & 0/18, 3/44, 1/17, 0/38, 0/13
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 29
Embed from Getty Images10. Ravindra Jadeja
Role: All-Rounder (Left Arm Spin, Left Hand Bat)
- Matches/Innings: 177/121
- Runs: 2560, Best: 87
- Average/SR: 32.82/84.82
- 100/50: 0/13
- Wickets: 194, Best: 5/36
- 4-fer/5-fer: 7/1
- Economy: 4.91
Recent ODI Form: 45*, 16, 18, 16*, 10, 8* & 2/46, 0/34, 3/37, 0/24, 0/29
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 34
Embed from Getty Images11. Axar Patel
Role: All-Rounder (Left Arm Spin/ Left Hand Bat)
- Matches/Innings: 52/32
- Runs: 513, Best: 64*
- Average/SR: 18.77/102.48
- 100/50: 0/2
- Wickets: 58, Best: 3/24
- Economy: 4.51
Recent ODI Form: 21, 2*, 29*, 2, 1 & 1/16, 0/25, 2/57, 0/4
Last ODI: July 29, 2023
Age: 29
Embed from Getty Images12. Shardul Thakur
Role: All-Rounder (Right Arm Pace/Right Hand Bat)
- Matches/Innings: 38/23
- Runs: 315, Best: 50*
- Average/SR: 18.52/106.06
- 100/50: 0/1
- Wickets: 58, Best: 4/37
- Economy: 6.16
Recent ODI Form: 25, DNB, 1, 16, DNB & 3/45, 0/12, 1/14, 3/42, 4/37
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 31
Embed from Getty Images13. Kuldeep Yadav
Role: Left Arm Wrist Spin
- Matches/Innings: 84/82
- Wickets: 141, Best: 6/25
- 4-fer/5-fer: 6/1
- Economy: 5.16
Recent ODI Form: 0/12, 3/56, 4/6, 1/30, 2/25
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 28
Embed from Getty Images Embed14. Jasprit Bumrah
Role: Right Arm Pace
- Matches/Innings: 72/72
- Wickets: 121, Best: 6/19
- 4-fer/5-fer: 5/2
- Economy: 4.63
Recent ODI Form: 2/48, 1/37, 2/52, 6/19, 2/49
Last ODI: July 14, 2022
Age: 29
Embed from Getty Images15. Mohammad Shami
Role: Right Arm Pace
- Matches/Innings: 90/89
- Wickets: 162, Best: 5/69
- 4-fer/5-fer: 9/1
- Economy: 5.6
Recent ODI Form: 1/69, 3/18, 3/17, 0/29, 0/37
Last ODI: March 22, 2023
Age: 32
Embed from Getty Images16. Mohammad Siraj
Role: Right Arm Pace
- Matches/Innings: 24/24
- Wickets: 43, Best: 4/32
- 4-fer/5-fer: 2/0
- Economy: 4.78
Recent ODI Form: 4/32, 4/46, 1/10, 3/29, 0/37, 2/37
Last ODI: March 22, 2023
Age: 29
Embed from Getty Images17. Prasidh Krishna
Role: Right Arm Pace
- Matches/Innings: 14/14
- Wickets: 25, Best: 4/12
- 4-fer/5-fer: 2/0
- Economy: 5.32
Recent ODI Form: 0/48, 0/62, 1/30, 3/50, 1/28
Last ODI: August 20, 2022
Age: 27
Embed from Getty Images18. Sanju Samson
Role: Right Hand Bat/Wicketkeeper
- Matches/Innings: 13/12
- Runs: 390, Best: 86*
- 100/50: 0/3
- Average/SR: 55.71/104.00
- Catches/Stumpings: 7/2
Recent ODI Form: 86*, 30*, 2*, 36, 9, 51
Last ODI: August 1, 2023
Age: 28
Embed from Getty ImagesFinal Thoughts
Usually with India’s squads, you have a feeling of how the campaign is going to go.
This time, I cannot really say. With an overkill of cricket, ODIs have been squeezed out of the ODI calendar.
Add to that, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna are just coming out of injury, Tilak Verma has not played a single ODI, and Shami hasn’t played for a while. At the same time, there is discussion about who didnt’t make the squad, Yuzvendra Chahal & one of the off-spin options.
This is still a great squad, with a mix of youth & experience. My only concern is the lack of match time, recurring injuries, and relative instability.
But with home advantage, you never know. Can India repeat the magic of 2011? Have your say in the comments below!
Sources: Press Release – Cricinfo
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Frequently Asked Questions – India Asia Cup 2023 Squad
The average age of India Asia Cup 2023 squad is 29.2. India is going with a squad that has lots of experience but there are a couple of new faces as well. They have youngsters like Tilak Verma (21), Shubman Gill (23), and Ishan Kishan (25), On the other end of the spectrum, we have stalwarts like Virat Kohli (34) and Rohit Sharma (36).
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (WK), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak and Sanju Samson (reserves) have made it in India’s 2023 Cricket World Cup squad.
Yes, India can win the 2023 ODI World Cup if they make full use of home conditions and home injuries do not occur anymore.
Yes, it seems that Jasprit Bumrah has recovered from his injury and will play in the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup. Bumrah has been selected for the 2023 Asia Cup squad.
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