- Next time in the mega match between India and Pakistan (IND vs PAK), Team India’s superstar batsman Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma will not get a place in the playing eleven.
IND vs PAK: In the great match played between India and Pakistan, Team India won a spectacular victory by defeating arch-rival Pakistan by 6 wickets. In the match played in Dubai on 23 February,
Virat Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs for India, while Pakistan’s batting collapsed for just 240 runs in front of the brilliant leadership of captain Rohit Sharma. But the next time India and Pakistan (IND vs PAK) face each other, these two legends will not be seen anywhere in the playing eleven.
Due to this reason, Rohit-Virat will not play against Pakistan
Pakistan will next be seen taking on India (IND vs PAK) in the Asia Cup 2025. India will be seen hosting this tournament, but the special thing is that this time India’s two biggest superstar batsmen i.e. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not be a part of this tournament because
Asia Cup 2025 will be organized in T20 format, while Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have already retired from the T20 format. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from T20, due to which they will not be a part of this tournament nor will they be seen playing against Pakistan.
Asia Cup will be in a T20 format
In the year 2025, the Asia Cup will be organized in T20 format, which is going to be hosted by India, while in the year 2026, the T20 World Cup will be played, which is going to be hosted by Sri Lanka along with India.
Whereas the Asia Cup is played based on the format of the World Cup, that is, if the ODI World Cup was near, then it would be played in ODI format and due to the proximity of the T20 World Cup, it is played in T20 format. After Champions Trophy 2025, India-Pakistan (IND vs PAK) will face each other in Asia Cup 2025, that is, there is going to be a double dhamakedar for the fans in a year.
But the thing to consider is whether Pakistan will come to India to play in this tournament or BCCI will adopt the hybrid model and organize the match between India and Pakistan (IND vs PAK) outside India, because earlier Pakistan got the hosting rights of Asia Cup 2023, in which all the matches of India were organized in Sri Lanka by adopting the hybrid model.
Surya will captain
Suryakumar Yadav can be seen leading India in Asia Cup 2025 as he is currently the captain of India’s T20 team and India’s performance under him has been excellent, after which he will be seen taking on Pakistan (IND vs PAK) for the first time as captain, while it is expected that India can also take the field under the captaincy of Suryakumar Kumar Yadav in the T20 World Cup 2026. Surya was appointed as the regular captain of T20 after Rohit Sharma’s retirement.
India’s probable playing XI
Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.