Asia Cup spot for Rinku Singh likely to come under scrutiny? Here’s what former selector thinks…

Edited By : Krishnakant Kukreti | Aug 15, 2025, 10:24 PM IST

Published On Aug 15, 2025, 10:24 PM IST

Last UpdatedAug 15, 2025, 10:24 PM IST

The Indian squad for the Asia Cup T20 is going to be picked soon, and it might be tricky for the selectors, with finisher Rinku Singh even missing out on a spot.

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Rinku Singh got his place in the national side a couple years ago when he smashed consecutive sixes off Yash Dayal while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, and has been taken as a designated finisher ever since. However, his career has faced a steep downfall since he failed to make it to the squad for T20 World Cup.

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As of now, if only Asia Cup T20 is taken as a factor for the moment, Rinku Singh’s position seems to be a bit untenable at the moment. If all the players are fit and available for selection, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya are the automatic top five picks.

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“We often hear people saying, one should pick so and so but no one would be able to definitively tell us ‘in place of whom’? Shreyas Iyer has 600 runs at a strike-rate of 180 but he bats in top four. Where is the place for him. Even as you include Shubman as he is flavour of the season, where do you cut corners,” a former national selector told PTI.

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“You can’t disturb your top five right now and also pick Shubman. And if you pick Shubman now, obviously the Test captain and IPL team captain won’t sit out. So where do you make the compromise? I only see Rinku’s spot being iffy as he isn’t required as much some of the top order batters. And mind it, we aren’t even talking about Jaiswal,” the former selector, who also played for India, said.