Asia Cup 2025: Is Jasprit Bumrah playing in India vs Pakistan Super Four, Match 2?

India and Pakistan are slated to face each other for the second time in Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, September 21. The arch-rivals previously took on each other a week back in what turned out to be a seven-wicket win for the Men in Blue.

Suryakumar Yadav announced at the toss that the Indian squad had a couple of changes from their final group-stage clash against Oman. Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, both of whom played their first match of the ongoing event a few days back, were benched for Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy, respectively.

Toss Update

Suryakumar Yadav won the toss this time around, unlike the previous encounter on September 14. He opted to field first, citing dew as a primary reason. He also pointed out that the track in Abu Dhabi was a completely contrasting than the one in Dubai. Salman Ali Agha said that he would have bowled first too. He announced a couple of changes in his line-up too.

What did the captains say?

Suryakumar Yadav (India captain)

We'll bowl first. Looks a nice track and yesterday there was dew. Since first round we were thinking we're playing a knockout tournament, nothing changes. That was a completely different wicket (in Abu Dhabi). Quite normal, just another game. [Jasprit] Bumrah and Varun [Chakravarthy] come back for Arshdeep [Singh] and Harshit [Rana].

Salman Ali Agha (Pakistan captain)

We would've bowled first as well. It's a new game, new challenge. The mood is very normal. Pitch looks to be on the slower side. Want to start well with both bat and ball. Two changes. Hasan Nawaz and Khushdil Shah not playing.

IND vs PAK, Super Fours, Match 2 Playing 11s

India

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Pakistan

Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed