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Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>:<\/a> Former India off-spinner\u00a0Ravichandran Ashwin\u00a0has said that the Men in Blue had to play both\u00a0Kuldeep Yadav\u00a0and Varun Chakaravarthy in the team at the Asia Cup 2025. The 106-Test veteran said that India did not need batting cover at number eight if the likes of\u00a0Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel played alongwith the two wrist spinners in the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>: Kuldeep Yadav and\u00a0Varun Chakaravarthy\u00a0played together in the later stages of the 2025 Champions Trophy, which India won without dropping a game. Ashwin said on his YouTube channel “Ash ki Baat”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI feel sometimes we could see someone like Bumrah getting rested, some of the others could also get rested. There could be rotation. Sanju Samson could get to play a few matches. But in all seriousness, if you are playing a knockout match, I feel all the slots are filled. You have to play Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy together.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“I don\u2019t think there is even a debate on that. They have to play. Bumrah, Arshdeep, Kuldeep, and Varun Chakravarthy, if they are your four bowlers with Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel to do the rest, that is one killer of a team. You don\u2019t need the batting insurance at number eight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>: The management under\u00a0Gautam Gambhir\u00a0has preferred to opt for batting depth over selecting an additional bowling option. That line of thinking is evident in the Asia Cup 2025 squad with the likes of Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh picked over someone like a Washington Sundar, who is only a standby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>: Ravichandran Ashwin does not see Sanju Samson and Shubman Gill playing in the same XI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>: Ravichandran Ashwin<\/a> felt that\u00a0Sanju Samson\u00a0and Shubman Gill could not feature in the playing XI at Asia Cup 2025. The 38-year-old felt that Samson did not have sufficient experience of batting anywhere below the number four position in the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashwin felt that Jitesh Sharma was the only option to have in the playing XI as Sanju Samson did not bat anywhere outside the top of the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think that is possible. If Samson <\/a>has to play, he has to open the batting, which looks unlikely. If he doesn\u2019t open the batting, he has to play in the wicketkeeper-finisher role. The role that Sanju has not played so far. Till now, he has either opened the batting or batted at number three. Beyond number four, I don\u2019t think Sanju has batted, atleast in the near past. Only one player has essayed the role of a finisher, and that is Jitesh Sharma. Jitesh Sharma is the only option for you if Sanju is not going to open the batting as a wicketkeeper-batter. I don\u2019t think there is a debate at all there”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe biggest question mark in my head is whether Sanju Samson will play or not. His Kerala Premier League side- Kochi Blue Tigers- won that tournament. His brother, Sally Samson, was the captain. He got good news there. Can we get some good news here? Maybe not. Shubman Gill <\/a>will open the batting. Jitesh Sharma will play in the middle-order. I think bringing Sanju in the middle-order will be too much of a disturbance for Sanju himself,” Ashwin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The former India off-spinner did not include the likes of Samson and Harshit Rana in his playing XI for Asia Cup 2025. He felt that India could\u00a0consider playing Arshdeep Singh at number eight\u00a0in the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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