Shubman Gill in, Axar Patel out! Big changes in India’s Asia Cup 2025 T20I setup

Gill’s inclusion in the Asian Cup team and the potential return to Playing Xi will show its first appearance in this format since India joined the series against Sri Lanka in July 2024 immediately after the T20 World Cup.

A successful tour of the UK, both captain and inclined, opened numerous opportunities and led to significant speculation about Shubman Gill. A recent media report suggested that Axar Patel could lose its position in the Indian T20I installation for the upcoming Asian Cup at the UAE next month, because BCCI Gill was preparing to restore Gill as Vice President.

According to a report from Revsportz, Gill is expected to return to the T20I installation for the Asian Cup that started on September 9, and will also be promoted to the role of Suryakumar Yadav’s assistant for tournament.

Gill’s inclusion in the Asian Cup team and the potential return to Playing Xi will show its first appearance in this format since India joined the series against Sri Lanka immediately after the T20 World Cup. In a surprising decision, BCCI selector appointed Gill as the new vice president of the Indian T20I team, consulting the new head coach Gautam Gambhir.

However, the 25 -year -old focused on the ODI format for the Champions Cup earlier this year, and then in the test jack for the Australian tour, the next T20I series kidnapped the next T20I series and led the selections to choose Axar as the new vice president for the home series against England.

In addition to the T20Is, Gill, who also serves as the ODI Captain of India, has an increasing belief that he should be promoted to the role of the captain, especially considering the 2027 ODI World Cup. Former Indian cricket Mohammed Kaif was among the first people who started this discussion after Gill’s India tour, and Gill’s India took India a 2-2 draw and broke 754 records in 10 strokes during the series. There will be no unclear mold that this will not happen, especially because BCCI had previously confirmed that Rohit Sharma will continue as the ODI captain after retiring from the test cricket. India’s next ODI mission will be Australia tour in October this year and is planned to play three games.

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