As it was expected, Surya Kumar Yadav faced questions related to the possibility of Sanju Samson being in the playing XI of Team India for their first match of the Asia Cup 2025 against UAE (IND vs UAE Asia Cup 2025), which is scheduled to take place tomorrow (September 10, 2025) at Dubai International Stadium. 

Journalists asked Yadav, captain of India's T20I team, 'Will Sanju Samson play the match against the United Arab Emirates?'. Maintaining professional attire, the captain tried to make some positive comments during the press conference before the inauguration match of the tournament to ease speculations around the star keeper-batter. Yadav assured that there's nothing to worry about the top-order batter, as they are taking good care of him. 

"Sir, I will message you (journalist) playing XI. See, we are actually taking really good care of him. Don't worry, we will make the right decision tomorrow," Yadav said with laughter. 

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Gambhir was spotted with Samson 

During one of India's practice sessions, head coach Gautam Gambhir was spotted with Samson. It is reported that Gambhir was closely monitoring the glove work of Sanju. For the wicketkeeper position, the competition is mainly between Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson. And for the opening spots, the 30-year-old is competing with Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill. BCCI named Gill as the deputy of India's T20I skipper Surya Kumar Yadav, so he is definitely going to play the first match.

Yadav looked confident about the team's strategy. During the recent outings for the Twenty20 format, Men in Blue gained notable traction before the tournament. "Abhi tak toh sab badiya chal rha hai, toh bina matlab ke kyu ungli kare? Acha chal rha hai, wahi same cheez follow karte rahenge jo last jitne bilaterals m acha hua hai. (We will keep continuing the same things. If something is working, that means we are working in the right direction," the captain said.