Confirmed the Snub of Shubman Gill Asia Cup? Star India obtains the captain of the northern zone for the Duleep trophy, announced a full team
After an impressive show in his first series as an India skipper, Shubman Gill is ready to direct the northern area of the next Duleep Trophy 2025 season, which marks the start of the Indian national calendar.
Shubman Gill probably had the finest and most lively start of the career of any test skipper, when he led India to a draw in the series where India rushed and then fought from behind to draw a remarkable conclusion to the series.
The total of 754 Gill points in the series included four centuries, which also included a massive double ton. Gill de Run’s count has now placed it second behind Sir Donald Bradman, who had 810 points, in the list of most races by a captain in a series of tests.
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Shubman Gill to direct the northern area of the Duleep trophy
Shubman Gill began the series of tests in England as a successor to the Grand Rohit Sharma and also entered a new position as a shot of n ° 4 in the Indian range, which was vacant by the retirement of the legendary Virat Kohli.
Shubman impressed by his body language, his intensity on the field, his responsibility as a player and his assault, which was a new triggered side of Shubman Gill after taking over as an Indian captain.
This season, the Duleep trophy returns to its traditional zonal format, the regions choosing their own respective squads. Currently, the southern area is the defending champions, having won the title in the 2023-24 season.
Shubman Gill received the opportunity to lead the North Zone in the next Duleep Trophy, while the North Zone team is looking to launch its campaign on August 28 against the eastern area of Bengaluru.
North Squad zone: Shubman Gill (C), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (VC), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sindhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshadep Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj Nabi, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (WK).
Standbys: Shubham Arora (WK), Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Ravi Chauhan, Abid Mushtaq, Nishunk Birla, Umar Nazir, Divish Sharma.
If Shubman Gill, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana are selected for the 2025 Asian Cup, they will be replaced by Shubham Rohilla (SSCB), Anuj Thakral and Guroor Brar in the team.
Shubman Gill likely to obtain a leadership role in the Asian Cup
The Asian Cup has already been a basket of questions for the Indian government, the BCCI, and now the Indian Cricket team.
Some reports have said that Suryakumar Yadav will continue while the T20i skipper of India and Shubman Gill will be appointed his assistant for the Asian 2025 Cup. Consequently, Shubman is likely to obtain a leadership role if he is back on the Indian side for the shortest format after a long absence of almost a year of the format.
Gill had a monumental contribution to the success of the Titans of Gujarat in the 2025 IPL alongside Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler. The Titans were a very successful shot unit, and the skipper regulated his players to win at several times tender in the match.
Asia Cup 2025 to face the Duleep trophy
The Asian Cup would have been a return for players like Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal in T20is for India. However, Jaiswal was chosen by the western area team, and Gill should appear for the northern area of the Duleep trophy.
However, this must be noted: that the presence of Gill in the Duleep trophy will exclude it for the selection in the Asian Cup, while the final district of the Duleep trophy for the North zone begins on August 28, while the semi-final, if they qualify, would be on September 4 and concludes only 2 days before the start of the Asian Cup.
In addition, if the northern zone goes to the final, they would need their skipper most; However, the final of the Duleep trophy begins on September 11, one day after the start of the Asian Cup campaign against the United Arab Emirates on the 10th.
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