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New Delhi. When the Indian team was announced for the Asia Cup, the most surprised was in the name of Shubman Gill. Gill, who has been out of the team for almost a year, has returned as a vice -captain. Due to this, his place in his playing XI is also considered confirmed. Gill’s return would mean that one of the top-3, who has been performing best for the last one year, will go out of the playing XI.

The Asia Cup will be played in UAE from 9 September. This tournament will be played in T20 format. The Indian team has been selected in terms of this format. This is why the fans are surprised at the return of Shubman Gill because this batter is currently the captain of the Test team. His place in the ODI team is also confirmed. But in T20, the Indian team is doing well without Gill. The opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma have proved to be a headache for the bowlers, while the performance of Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma has been capable at number three.

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At the place in Shubman Gill’s playing XI, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar said, ‘Sanju was opening because Gill and the famous team were not in the team. Abhishek has done well in the past. They can also bowl. In such a situation, it will be difficult to exclude them. It is clear from Ajit Agarkar’s reply that Gill has returned to the team and now Sanju will not open.

No place in Sanju Samson’s playing XI

Former cricketer Akash Chopra says that Gill’s arrival will mean that Sanju Samson will have to vacate the place. Chopra said that if Sanju does not open, then his starting playing XI will not be made a place because Tilak and Surya are excellent at number three. Then the place remains at the fifth or sixth. Akash Chopra says that there is no place in Sanju’s middle order. In such a situation, Jeetesh Sharma will be the first choice of the team as wicketkeeper batter.

India (potential playing XI): Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Akshar Patel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh/Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.