Why did Captain Surya choose Shubman Gill for the Asia Cup 2025? Say the whole thing in the video
Suryakumar Yadav on Shubman Gill Selection: The Asia Cup 2025 is going to start from 9 September, for which the Indian cricket team has started preparations. Suryakumar Yadav and Ajit Agarkar announced the squad for the Asia Cup 2025 through a press conference. Discussions on this have intensified as soon as the squad is declared.
During this, Shubman Gill was in the headlines, as his team has returned to India’s T20 format and has also been given the responsibility of vice -captain. There is a lot of discussion about this. At the same time, captain Suryakumar Yadav explained why Shubman Gill has got a chance.
Suryakumar Yadav told why Shubman Gill got place
During the press conference, Suryakumar Yadav said that Shubman Gill is a wonderful player and has been a part of the T20 team earlier, where he played the role of vice -captain. For this reason, as soon as he became available for T20 format, he returned and joined the team.
Suryakumar Yadav said in a conversation with the media, “He was the vice -captain when he played the last T20 Eye against Sri Lanka. After that he got busy playing Test cricket and did not get a chance in T20I. Now he is in the squad and we are happy that he is part of the team.”
Great records in T20 also
Shubman Gill has performed well in the last three seasons of the IPL and scored continuously. In IPL 2023, he scored 890 runs and also won the Orange Cap. After this, he scored 426 runs in IPL 2024, while in IPL 2025, he scored 650 runs with his bat. Gill has played 21 matches so far in the T20 format for the Indian team, with a strike rate of 139.28 and 578 runs at an average of 30.42.