Bangar described Gill’s entry into the nets during preparations for the 2019 ODI World Cup and how he changed the atmosphere shifted completely.
India will kick off their campaign against the UAE on September 10, while the much-debated game against arch-rival Pakistan is scheduled for September 14.
Former India captain Kapil Dev had earlier said he would have scored "2000 runs extra in cricket" if he had taken to golf during his playing days.
Shubman Gill’s return as T20 vice-captain ahead of the Asia Cup would do a ‘world of good’ to the Indian team.
Rohit Sharma is taking the fitness test for the first time since declaring his retirement from Tests.
Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan thinks Gill’s success with the bat helped him as a skipper. He also feels Gill should be seen in a leadership role across formats.
Shubman Gill (784 rating points) and Rohit Sharma (756) held the number one and number two spot respectively with Pakistan's Babar Azam (739) rounding out the top three.
Shreyas Iyer played a massive role in India's previous ODI assignments, which was at the ICC Champions Trophy held earlier this year.
Suryakumar Yadav is 34 years old and might be heading towards the autumn of his career. Shubman Gill is the man for the future.
Sunil Gavaskar backs 'gifted' Sanju Samson to make it in the eleven despite Shubman Gill sealing a spot in the Asia Cup squad.
Asia Cup 2025, India squad SWOT analysis: The big headline was the return of Shubman Gill, while the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer missed out.
If Shubman Gill could do it in red ball, arguably the hardest format of all, there is no reason why he can’t do it in the shortest format.
Mohammed Siraj and Shubman Gill are two of the standout players from the England tour who might still struggle to make the Asia Cup 2025 squad.
During the Anderson-Tendulkar Test series recently, Shubman Gill scored four centuries and finished as the leading run-scorer with 754 runs.
Shubman Gill was left off of the Indian T20I team for the series against Bangladesh at home.
Rohit Sharma is an ODI legend with 32 hundreds, third highest in the all time list after Virat Kohli (51) and Sachin Tendulkar (49).
Shubman Gill also became the first male cricketer to claim the ICC Player of the Month title on four occasions.
Given that Shubman Gill is expected to be selected as Suryakumar Yadav's deputy, Axar Patel may lose his position as India's current vice-captain role.
India missed out on last year's final, thus every point was crucial in the fifth Test, which was their first series in the new WTC cycle.
The Duleep Trophy will mark the start of the 2025-26 Indian domestic season, returning to its traditional zonal format.
Rank | Team | Points | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 3732 | 124 |
2 | South Africa | 2873 | 115 |
3 | England | 4469 | 112 |
4 | India | 3515 | 107 |
5 | New Zealand | 2409 | 96 |
6 | Sri Lanka | 2364 | 88 |
7 | Pakistan | 1705 | 78 |
8 | West Indies | 1865 | 72 |
9 | Bangladesh | 1648 | 61 |
10 | Ireland | 152 | 30 |
11 | Afghanistan | 104 | 21 |
12 | Zimbabwe | 137 | 8 |