Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is not playing for India in the Asia Cup 2025 final. According to India captain Suryakumar Yadav, the 31-year-old all-rounder from Baroda misses out due to a niggle. He has been replaced in the playing XI for the big match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium by Rinku Singh.

Hardik played six matches for India in the Asia Cup 2025 and picked up 4 wickets in addition to scoring 48 runs with the bat.

In India’s last Super 4s match against Sri Lanka on Friday, September 26, he scored 2 runs and picked up one wicket for 7 runs in one over.

As far as Rinku’s T20I numbers are concerned, the left-handed batter from Aligarh has scored 546 runs in 33 matches. His batting strike rate in the shortest format of the game is 161.06.

In addition to Rinku, Jasprit Bumr

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