Shubman Gill becomes Team India’s vice-captain on Gautam Gambhir’s insistence

BCCI announced India's T20 team for Asia Cup 2025 on 19 August. Till a day before, media reports were claiming that it would be difficult for Gill to get a chance, but when the team was announced, Gill entered as the vice-captain. Let's know how Gambhir played a role behind this.

How will Team India be in Asia Cup 2025? The answer to this was found on 19 August. Ajit Agarkar came to the press conference and announced Team India. The biggest thing about the selection was Shreyas Iyer's absence and Shubman Gill's return. Gill not only made a comeback but he has come as the vice-captain. Gautam Gambhir's insistence worked behind Gill being made the vice-captain. In the selection committee meeting, Gambhir was adamant on giving Gill the vice-captaincy under a plan. This is the same plan, which can change the picture of Team India. Its strings are directly connected to Suryakumar Yadav's career and Team India's future. Let's know what is the whole matter...

The biggest question is why has Shubman Gill been made the vice-captain? The Indian Express has made a big disclosure in a report about this. According to the report, most of the time in the meeting regarding the selection of Team India for the Asia Cup was spent on including Gill and making him Surya's deputy. During the meeting, there was a discussion among the selectors that India needs to look towards the future. A young captain will have to be found in this format.

Gambhir's big role

During the discussion on Gill's name during the meeting, it was emphasized that Suryakumar will soon turn 35. In such a situation, Shubman can get his responsibility in the future. It has been claimed in the report that head coach Gautam Gambhir said in the selection meeting that there should be only one captain in all three formats. Also, who will be the captain after Surya in T20, should be seen. The selection committee also agreed with him on this. Gill has been chosen as the vice-captain due to Gambhir's plan of having one captain in all three formats. There are even reports that he can lead the ODI team in the ODI World Cup 2027.

What did Suryakumar Yadav say?

When the team was announced, captain Suryakumar Yadav also responded to Gill's selection in the press conference. He said, 'When we went on the Sri Lanka tour, Shubman Gill was the vice-captain in that T20 series. Our T20 World Cup mission had started from there. After this Gill got busy, he was playing another series. During this time he was playing Tests and in his absence Sanju Samson opened. So we are happy with Gill's return.'

Can Shubman Gill be made the captain of all three formats?

Shubman can be made the captain of all three formats. This is being considered certain, this is because he is a player of all three formats and has been performing well consistently. He was given the command of the Test team this year. Earlier, he was the vice-captain of the ODI team in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Now he has been made the vice-captain in the T20 team as well. With these decisions, BCCI has made it clear that Shubman will soon be made the captain of India in all three formats.

You should know this only when Team India went on a tour of Zimbabwe after winning the T20 World Cup in 2024, Shubman Gill was the captain there. Then the next series took place in Sri Lanka, where Suryakumar Yadav was given the captaincy and Shubman was given the vice-captaincy. This means that the management had decided to give the responsibility of leadership to Gill. Then due to the busy schedule against Bangladesh, South Africa and England, Shubman did not get a chance in the T20 team, in his place Axar Patel was made the vice-captain. Now Gill has returned to the Asia Cup and he is Surya's deputy.

How is Shubman Gill's performance in T20?

Shubman Gill is a player in all three formats for Team India. This 25-year-old player has played 21 T20s in which he has scored 578 runs at an average of 30.42. He has one century and 3 half-centuries to his name. The best score is 126 not out. The strike rate is around 140. This is the same Gill who won everyone's heart by performing brilliantly in IPL 2025. While captaining Gujarat Titans, he scored 650 runs in 15 matches at an average of 50. During this, his strike rate was more than 155. That season, 24 sixes also came from Gill's bat. This shows that Gill has worked on his hitting. That is why he has got a place in the T20 team.