India Will Miss Washington Sundar In Asia Cup 2025: Former India Batter – Cricket.com

The last 12 months or so have seen Washington Sundar firmly establish himself as a key player in India’s Test side, and he’s also someone very much part of the team’s ODI set-up. Sundar might have played only 4 ODIs since the start of 2024, but he was a part of the side’s successful campaign in the 2025 Champions Trophy, where he was one of five spinners in the squad. 
However, it seems like the 25-year-old is not quite there in T20 cricket, evident by his omission from India’s Asia Cup squad despite the tournament being played in the subcontinent. 
India still have a power-packed squad despite Sundar’s absence, but former India batter Mohammad Kaif believes that the side will miss the 25-year-old’s services, due to the balance he brings to the side, being an all-rounder. 
“Rohit's team won the T20 World Cup with 3 all-rounders – Axar, Jadeja, Hardik – and that meant 6 proper bowling options and batting till 8. At Asia Cup, with only 2 genuine allrounders – Hardik and Axar. – India will have to find a new winning combination. Washington Sundar will be missed,” Kaif wrote on X.
Being a non-regular in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has also contributed to Sundar not being a part of India’s T20 side. In IPL 2025 for Gujarat Titans (GT), he made only 6 appearances, with a fair few of them coming as an impact substitute. 2020 was the last year Sundar played more than 10 games in an IPL season. 
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