Asia Cup 2023: Top 3 shocking exclusions from Indian Squad

The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced a 17-member squad for the Asia Cup 2023 on Monday, August 21. Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar along with India captain Rohit Sharma informed the media about the comeback of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer who have been out of the team for over a year. However, there were a few other surprise exclusions from the team that left the fans fuming all over India.

Let’s take a look at three unlucky players who missed out on the Asia Cup 2023 squad:

1. Yuzvendra Chahal:

The wrist-spinner has been one of the unluckiest players from the Indian team in the past few years as he earlier also missed out on a place in the T20 World Cup 2021 squad. Yuzvendra Chahal was seen in imperious form in the IPL 2023 where he scalped 21 wickets from 14 matches and became the highest wicket taker in the history of the tournament (187 wickets).

The 33-year-old has good numbers in ODIs since 2021 as well averaging just over 26 with the ball with 29 wickets from 18 matches. However, the Haryana-born bowler didn’t fit into the team’s combination once again and was left out of the squad.