Arshdeep Singh to be a Gambir bench again?

The fate of ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 depended on if the Indian government agreed to play Pakistan in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. It turned out that higher authorities have moved away from politics sports, and now fans are rewarded with a blockbuster of a confrontation at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, September 14. India has already opened its account after their greatest victory in the history of the T20i (by remaining bullets) when they have mutilated the water in just 4.3 Overs.

Pakistan, on the other hand, will begin its campaign against Oman in the same place. They enter the tournament at the back of an essential tri-nation series victory. In addition, despite not having babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, this Pakistani unit is a bit intrepid and filled with exciting talents.

However, on paper, they have no chance against India, which is the strongest T20 unit around the world, despite the fact that they are currently the champions of the T20 World Cup and the Asian Cup. Below, we see the scheduled game XI which can take the ground against Pakistan on Sunday.

Surprising Sanju Samson to be supported again?

After all the clues that the Indian team gave during the training sessions, we all thought that Jiteh Sharma would be pee Samson in the ticket office race. But men in blue surprised a surprise by keeping ” Samson in game XI. The only problem is that his shot position was demoted in the middle order. Although Jitesh would have been an ideal choice for this number, the development gave a great vote of confidence by management in Samson.

Abhishek Sharma, with a stick strike rate of more than 190s, would buzz to play his first T20i against Pakistan alongside Shubman Gill, who largely looked against the water. Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson would form a phenomenal average order, followed by Hardya, Axar Patel and Shivam Dube.

Shivam Dube Garde Arshdeep Singh to go out

Dube, in particular, would be confident after his best 3/4 career bowling figures against water. He worked behind the scenes with Bowling Morkel Bowling coach and it was quite obvious because he overturned with a goal. That being said, this Pakistani team is not the water.

This will remove a lot of dube to shine against stronger strikers and it is then that everyone can assess their bowling prowess. Unfortunately, the “impact player” rule in the IPL since 2023 continued to beat the versatile as a dube far from testing his bowling in high pressure and high quality games.

But due to the fact that Dube offers something in the stick and bowling alley, the management led by Gautam Gambir put it in the departure XI. As a victim, Arshdeep Singh was moved from the Xi Playing XI unfortunately. If the locations in Dubai had offered more sewing movements, it would have been Kuldeep Yadav or Varun Chakaravarthy. But currently, the equation is that the main counter in India in the history of the T20i is unable to integrate into one side that requires the striker to the eight number.

It is extremely regrettable for Arshdeep, who warmed the bench for the majority of 2025. He was also there at the ICC champions trophy, but India chose to move forward with Harshit Rana and Mohammed Shami. The left armor was also in the two-month Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, but saw someone as Ashul Kamboj get their first test cap despite the fact of not being in the initial team. This is something that Ravichandran Ashwin also underlined: since Gautam Gambir started to train, the chances of Arshdeep have been limited.

Without Arshdeep, the bowling of the death of India could also take a hit. India has only two real options to denigrate rhythm to Jasprit Bumrah and Pandya. Yes, Dube is available, but he may have trouble bowling with dangerous strikers in this format. In addition, Arshdeep has a story to manage well against Pakistan, having taken 7 counters at a bowling rate of 13.43 and a saving of 7.8 out of four T20is. But unfortunately, there is no room for him in the side from now on.

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