Asia Cup 2025: India Betting on Gill’s Stability as Samson’s Spot Comes Under Fresh Scrutiny – CNBC TV18

Gill has not played t20is in over a year, however, he was the deputy to sanju samson in the last series of the shortest format that he had participated in, and has naturally retailed in

“Gill’s form in england wasnting we expected but he exceded it all,” Agarkar said.

“There are more options (for top order) now and shubman has been in a great form anyway.

The Former India Pacer Further Explained that Sanju Samson Only Found a place in the team beCause the duo of shubman and yashasvi jaiswal was not avilable at that point in time. He even credited abhishek sharma’s all-round skills, indicating that his spin-bowling skills helps

“Sanju was Playing Because Shubman and Yashasvi was not available at that point (and) so was abhishek. (But) Abhishek’s performances clea (Left arm spin) is handy.

“Like I said, he (gill) was (the) vice-business the last time he played t20 cricket. available, at least he (suryakumar) has two options.

Samson has represented India in 42 t20is, aggregating 861 runs at an average and strike rate of 25.32 and 152.38 respectively. He has even slammed three centuries in the format, but recent comments sugges that the batter might be staring at time on the sidelines for now.