India, Sept. 13 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin minced no words as he tore into the management headed by coach Gautam Gambhir for keeping Arshdeep Singh out of the playing XI for the side's Asia Cup 2025 opener against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Considering the left-arm pacer warmed the bench earlier this week, it's unlikely that he would make his way back into the side for the next match against Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Ahead of the crucial tie, India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate admitted that it is unlikely that the team will change the starting XI as they don't want to tinker with the winning combination.

Arshdeep is the leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is with 99 scalps to his...