“Happy to have him” - Suryakumar Yadav on Shubman Gill being named Vice Captain

Shubman Gill was included in the Asia Cup 2025 squad and was named as the vice captain of the side. Gill will be playing a T20I game after almost one year if he features in the first game of the Asia Cup 2025. After the selection committee meeting on August 19 in Mumbai, Suryakumar Yadav addressed the question.

Suryakumar asserted that the Tests and ODIs kept Gill busy all this while. He also added that Gill being the vice captain of the side was a long running thought and the same was set as the cornerstone during Sri Lanka series. He also added that he is happy to see Gill back in the fray.

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“In my opinion, the last time Shubman Gill played a T20I for India was when we went to Sri Lanka. When I was leading, he was the vice-captain. That's where we started the new cycle for the T20 World Cup,” said Suryakumar.

“After that, he got busy with all the Test series. He didn't get an opportunity to play T20Is because he was busy with Test cricket and the Champions Trophy. He is in the squad and we are happy to have him,” he added.

India squad:

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh

Reserves: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal

Asia Cup schedule

India's group fixtures in the Asia Cup:

10 September – UAE v India, Dubai
14 September – India v Pakistan, Dubai
19 September – India v Oman, Dubai

Super Fours

20-26 September in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

Final

28 September in Dubai