Bumrah picked for 2026 Asian Games

India have picked Jasprit Bumrah in a strong squad for the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Japan in September this year. Shreyas Iyer, the T20I captain, will once again be in charge of the side that is very similar to the squad picked for the Ireland, England tours.

Bumrah, who has been rested for those two tours, will spearhead India's bowling attack in the Asian Games. Mohammed Siraj and Prince Yadav, who are part of the squad for Ireland and England, have been omitted for Asian Games.

India sent a second-string squad for the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, with a portion of the competition intersecting with the ODI World Cup that year. With several big names - including then-captain Rohit Sharma - missing, Ruturaj Gaikwad led that team to a Gold medal.

This year, the tournament will be held in the Aichi prefecture of Japan, with its capital city Nagoya being the hub for most of the action. The tournament will be held from September 19 to October 4, 2026.

Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma (VC), Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson (WK), Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

India also announced an 'A' squad to feature in the two multi-day matches set to take place in Sri Lanka in June-July. The squad will be led by Dhruv Jurel, with Devdutt Padikkal as his deputy. The lineup consists of a few players currently part of the squad for the Afghanistan Tests: Sai Sudharsan, Harsh Dubey and Gurnoor Brar.

Dhruv Jurel (C, WK), Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudharsan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, N Jagadeesan (WK), Aman Mokhade, Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Pandey, Harsh Dubey, Saransh Jain, Gurnoor Brar, Auqib Nabi, Yash Thakur, Anshul Kamboj, Zeeshan Ansari.