Shubman Gill got vice-captaincy on the recommendation of this veteran, shocking report come out

Shubman Gill Got Vice-Captaincy: BCCI announced India's 15-member team for the 2025 Asia Cup on Tuesday. While Shubman Gill returned to the IndianT20 team as vice-captain. After this everyone wanted to know why and how the vice-captaincy was suddenly taken from Axar Patel and handed over to Gill. Now a new update has come out on this matter.

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It has been claimed in the report that Shubman Gill was not a contender for the vice-captain. He was not the first choice of the selectors for the vice-captaincy of the T20 team. Indian team coach Gautam Gambhir had been recommended his name. After Gambhir's strong support, the selectors took this decision.

Whose recommendation Gill has got this responsibility

While it has been said in the report that coach Gautam Gambhir was presented in the selection meeting. Gambhir termed Shubman Gill as the future leader and demanded to make him the vice-captain. After Gambhir's strong support, selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar agreed to make Gill the vice-captain.

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Indian team for 2025 Asia Cup - Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana and Rinku Singh.

India's first match on September 10, there can be 3 matches with Pakistan

The 2025 Asia Cup will be played in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from September 9 to September 28. Team India will play its first match in the tournament on September 10. India's first match will be against UAE. After this, on September 14, Team India will face arch-rival Pakistan. Then on 19 September 2025, there will be a match against Oman. After this, India may once again have a match with Pakistan in the Super-4.

Summary

If both the teams qualify for the Super-4, which is almost certain. If both India and Pakistan enter the final of the Asia Cup, then the title match can be held between the two on September 28. In this way, three matches can be played between India and Pakistan in the 2025 Asia Cup.