These 3 Indian players played against Oman, but coach Gambhir decided to drop against Pakistan

Gautam gambhir likely to drop these 3 players: The journey of group stage ended in the Asia Cup 2025. A total of 12 matches were played in this phase, in which the last match was between India and Oman. The Indian team won by 21 runs in the match but Oman performed very well contrary to expectation. Before the start of the match, it was believed that Oman would prove to be completely laggard in front of Team India but it did not happen.

Oman also presented a tough challenge in bowling along with bowling. Where the Indian batsman could not play much openly in front of Oman and the team could score 188/8 in 20 overs. After this, Oman was also tremendous while chasing the target and he did not lose a single wicket in the powerplay. However, later the run rate did not score as expected, due to which Oman’s team was able to score 167/4 by playing the entire over.

The Indian team also made 2 changes in the playing 11 against Oman and Arshdeep and Harshit Rana entered. Varun Chakraborty and Jaspreet Bumrah, who played against UAE and Pakistan, were rested. However, now India’s next match is to be held on September 21 in the Super 4 round. In such a situation, head coach Gautam Gambhir would like to feed his best 11. For this reason, perhaps 3 of the players playing against Oman can sit out.

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Gautam Gambhir can cut off these 3 Indian leaves against Pakistan

India against Oman, in its playing 11, gave opportunity to players like Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav. However, now Gautam would like to make serious changes against Pakistan, as this combination of the Indian team was not according to the first two matches.

Team India did their own things in front of the weak Oman but will have to show caution against Pakistan. For this reason, batsman Tilak Verma from Gambhir playing 11 can exclude fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana. Rinku Singh can be replaced by Tilak, which will strengthen the lower order. Tilak’s performance was also not special against Pakistan and he scored 31 runs in 31 balls.

At the same time, Arshdeep Singh can be brought out and Jaspreet Bumrah can be brought. In the first two group matches too, Bumrah played as specialist pacer and Arshadeep had to sit outside. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty’s entry may be once again in place of Harshit Rana. Varun’s mystery spin is quite dangerous and the spinners in Dubai have proved to be effective so far.

Indian team’s possible playing against Pakistan 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shivam Dubey, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah

There may be a dispute again regarding handshake in IND vs Pak match

When the Indian team played the match against Pakistan in the group stage, the Pahalgam had expressed its support for the Operation Sindoor of the Indian Army and did not join hands with Pakistani players. Even during the toss, the two captains did not join hands. Subsequently, there was a demand to remove the match referee Andy Pycroft, as he had already asked Salman Ali Aga to avoid joining hands with Suryakumar Yadav.

However, the ICC did not take any action. Subsequently, Pakistan had threatened to buy the match against the UAE but then came to play after a lot of drama. Now India and Pakistan will be face to face once again in Super 4. Information is being received that the Indian team will not get a hand again. In such a situation, it has to be seen what happens about handshake this time.

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