'Injustice...'- Former India star stunned at this player's omission from Asia Cup 2025

subhradeep-choudhury — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:57:04 GMT

Former India star stunned at this player's omission.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, from his young days, was always supposed to be a T20I batter. But quite surprisingly, he hasn’t become a regular member of the shortest format of the national side. In 22 innings of the T20Is, the left-handed batter has clubbed 723 runs at an average of 36.15 and a strike rate of 164.31, thanks to five half-centuries and one century at the best score of 100.

Despite such a stance, he was left out of their Asia Cup 2025 squad. The former Indian opening batter, Aakash Chopra, has been stunned at the exclusion of the Mumbai batter from the squad as the selectors brought back Shubman Gill in the opening slot with Abhishek Sharma, which pushed Sanju Samson down in the middle order.

“The truth for now is that he will play the two Tests against the West Indies, and I am pretty sure he will score runs as well because he is that kind of a player. I think he will now get a chance to travel with the ODI team. When the three-match series against Australia starts, he will be there.” Aakash Chopra expressed this during a YouTube video.

Aakash Chopra surprised at Yashasvi Jaiswal’s snub from India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad

Jaiswal has overall smashed 3537 runs in 114 innings of T20s at an average of 33.05 and a strike rate of 151.67 with three fifties and 23 centuries. Recently, the left-handed batter grabbed 559 runs in 14 innings of the IPL 2025 at a strike rate of 159.71 with six half-centuries at the best score of 75.

“I feel he will have to wait in T20s now also. His name will not come in the 15 that soon because when we win the Asia Cup, there won’t be much scope for change. However, before the World Cup happens, because there are 15 T20Is before that, I am very sure he will find a way into the 15.” Chopra reflected on his video.

India will feature in the home T20I series against South Africa and New Zealand, along with the away Australia series, which will provide a good preparation for the batter for their selection in the T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka.