Spoilt for choice: Selectors face tough calls in picking India's Asia Cup squad

The Indian team selection for the Asia Cup will not be a normal or routine affair, as there are usual options and then there are more compelling options. The selectors will be spoilt for choice, and picking the squad will require a delicate and yet highly critical balancing act. They are expected to meet early next week, most likely on August 19.

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj and, above all, Jasprit Bumrah - the creme de la creme of Indian cricket - are all available for the September 9-28 continental championship, making it difficult to leave any of them out. None of them featured in the T20I squad India last played in February. But that was a home bilateral series