Shubman Singh Gill

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.

Shubman Gill played a massive role in India's creditable 2-2 draw, scoring 754 runs with four hundreds in the five-match series.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Test captain Shubman Gill have not featured in the last few T20 assignments owing to a packed calendar but their one-month rest period post the five-Test series against England is expected to make them available for the continental tournament.

While Shubman Gill (754 runs) missed breaking Sunil Gavaskar's record of most runs for any Indian in a bilateral Test series (774), he did go past the latter's record of most runs for an India captain in a series (732).

A chunk of the India squad members, including Mohammed Siraj, boarded an Emirates flight less than 24 hours after a dramatic finish to the fifth and final Test of a long and gruelling series.

In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj was instrumental throughout the series and finished with statistics of 5 for 69 in the fourth innings.

Five major hurdles India overcame to secure the 2-2 draw in the series against England.

Bowling with nerves of steel, Siraj delivered a searing yorker that crashed into Atkinson’s off-stump, ending the game in spectacular fashion.

The double strike after tea completely changed the course of the match, placing India squarely back in the contest and instantly putting pressure back on England.

Shubman Gill amassed 754 runs from 10 innings, which is 21 short of Sunil Gavaskar’s record of most runs by an Indian in a Test series.