Virat-Rohit celebrates independence day, Messi’s India Visit Finalized, Jaiswal Out of Asia Cup 2025
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DRS, August 16, 2025: While the long weekend continues in the middle of a long break in the Indian cricket calendar, it is a slow information cycle. But even independence day, there was the headlines you could have missed. To start with the Asia Cup 2025, while the Indian team’s announcement day is getting closer, speculation is widespread on Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Will they come back to the T20i side? But if they do, India will it not compromise on the test cricket, since the series of Ind VS WS tests begins only three days after the Asian Cup final? In other news, Irfan Pathan, in an interview, overthrew the beans on his ouster of the IPL 2025 comments panel.
In non-click news, the winner of the Argentinian World Cup, Lionel Messi, finalized his route for the visit to India in December. It will be Messi’s second visit to India. He visited Kolkata in 2011 for a friendly match against Venezuela.
Independence day celebrations
Even if India Cricket is on a long unusual break, cricket players took their time from the holiday calendar to celebrate the 79th day of India independence. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and the head coach of India Gautam Gambhir among many cricket players, wished fans on independence day.
“A day to celebrate the freedom we have won and reflect on the responsibility it has. The former captain of India, Anil Kumble, wrote on his Twitter handle.
Rohit Sharma shared a moment from the final of the T20 2024 World Cup, bearing the Indian flag.
No Gill-Jaiswal in Asia Cup 2025
In Asia Cup 2025, rumors were spread on Indian Squad. While the BCCI selection committee will announce Squad India for the 2025 Asian Cup on August 19, there were many speculations. Among the big ones are Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal. The Two Stars of India Test team could miss the place of the Asian Cup, not because of their T20 shape. While India faces the Antilles in a series of two -game tests, from October 2, only three days after the Asian Cup final, the selectors may want to keep a specialized white ball team. Shreyas Iyer could also miss because it is considered a return of testing. Sanju Samson will keep his place while Suryakumar Yadav will continue to lead.
Irfan Pathan on Ro-Ko
While many believe that Airfan Pathan was hard on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the former versatile of India has clarified his position. In an interview with Lallantop, Ifan Pathan revealed that as a commentator, his responsibility is towards fans and not cricket players. Rohit and Virat endured a bad shape in the test cricket, in particular in the Border-Gavaskar trophy, before announcing test pensions before the tour in England.
“I believe that the work of commentators is to tell the story beyond what is visible, what is happening, why it happens and why it happens. If a player works well, then rent it. If he cannot do it, then criticize him. The responsibility of the commentator is not for the player but for the fans”, ” Said Pathan.
Last on cricket
Pathan would also have missed the passage of the IPL 2025 comments due to the introduction of personal resentments in comments. There were rumors that the Pathan brothers had a personal rivalry with the Pandya brothers of Baroda Cricket. While many blamed his severe criticism of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma Reason behind his eviction of the panel of comments, he referred to Hardidik Pandya. Pathan criticized Hardik for poor performance in IPL 2024 after a big return to Mumbai Indian. However, Pathan revealed that he had no bad intentions for Hardik.
“If I criticize you in 7 games out of 14, I am still indulgent. It is our work as a diffusers. There is no rivalry. All Baroda players who came after me – Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya or Hardik Pandya – None of them can say that Irfan -Yusuf did not help them, ” Said Pathan.
Venkatesh Prasad to contest the KSCA elections
The former Indian stimulator and Bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad, is ready to come back for his second rounds as a administrator. Prasad, who was vice-president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) between 2013 and 2016, when Anil Kumble was the president, will dispute the KSCA elections. He will join the former KSCA treasurer, Vinay Mruthyunjaya and others. The KSCA elections should be carried out in October after the end of the current mandate on September 30.
The KSCA is in crisis after the death of 11 fans in a stampede on June 4 during the celebrations of the IPL trophies of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. KSCA secretary Shankar A and the treasurer Es Jairam, consequently resigned, while the Karnataka government prohibited Stade M Chinnaswamy from hosting major games. The stadium is ready to lose matches from the Women’s Cricket World Cup, as well as 2026 IPL matches.
Visit of Lionel Messi India
The Champion of the Argentine World Cup, the visit to Lionel Messi India in December was finalized. It would be Messi’s second trip to India. Messi visited India in 2011 for a friendly FIFA against Venezuela at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. While Argentina was supposed to play a friendly match in India during this trip, it is now out of the route. Instead, Messi will visit Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi during his short trip.
His visit will start in Kolkata on December 13 and will end on December 15 in Delhi after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During his visit, Messi is also likely to meet Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Mumbai. The trio will catch up with a cricket match at the Wankhede stadium.
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