Suryakumar Yadav Likely To Emulate MS Dhoni’s Historic Milestone In Asia Cup As India Gear Up For UAE Clash

Upgraded 10 September 2025 at 18:25 IST

India T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav will be intending to attain MS Dhoni’s historical accomplishment in the Asia Cup.

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Suryakumar Yadav and MS Dhoni|Image: ANI

Asia Cup 2025: India will lock horns with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 2nd match of the continuous Asia Cup 2025, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, on Wednesday, September 10.

The Men in Blue’s component versus the UAE is arranged to start at 8 PM IST.

India’s T20I captain will be intending to replicate MS Dhoni’s historical turning point in the Asia Cup as the 34-year-old is all set to lead the Men in Blue in the eight-team competition.

Famous cricketer MS Dhoni is the only Indian captain to win the Asia Cup in the ODI and T20I formats.

In the 2010 edition of the Asia Cup, Dhoni’s India clinched an 81-run success over Sri Lanka to clinch the 50-over title. Under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, India won the T20 Asia Cup 2016 after beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets.

Formerly, Rohit Sharma had the chance to accomplish MS Dhoni’s impressive task, however the Men in Blue yielded a six-wicket defeat versus Sri Lanka in the Super Four and needed to bail out of the Asia Cup 2022.

Currently, Rohit Sharma’s India won the Asia Cup just in ODIs in the 2018 and 2023 editions. In 2018, India beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets to clinch the title. The Men in Blue sealed a controling 10-wicket success over Sri Lanka to get their hands on the flatware.

Now, Suryakumar Yadav will be leading Team India in the 2025 edition of the T20 Asia Cup.

Suryakumar Yadav made his T20I launching in 2021 versus England. Following that, the right-handed batter played 83 T20Is and 79 innings, scoring 2598 perform at approximately 38.20 and a strike rate of 167.07.

In the Asia Cup 2025, India have actually been put in Group An along with Oman, UAE, and Pakistan.

The last match of the Asia Cup 2025 will be dipped into Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 28.