The Indian team have been extending their supreme form in the shortest format of the game, but their batters have lacked form. Especially the vice-captain, Shubman Gill, and Captain Suryakumar Yadav have been criticized heavily for their poor performance.
Shubman Gill made his return to the Indian T20I side ahead of the Asia Cup, after his commendable show as the Test skipper in England. Gill was named the vice-captain in the format but has failed to convince fans with his performance as an opener, especially after he replaced Sanju Samson, a batter with three centuries last year.
“I am a little concerned. Shubman is not only the opener but also the vice-captain. How will you remove the vice-captain? It is going to be an incredibly tough decision. If you have to make that decision, inside this series, you can’t bring [Sanju] Samson because it does not look nice to drop the vice-captain," Ravichandran Ashwin reasoned.
"You can ask whether vice-captains have been dropped in the past or not. But he has been taken and should be given a fair run. If he does not perform in the five games, then a decision will have to be made,” Ravichandran Ashwin said on ‘Ash ki Baat’.
“You should be knowing your best XI and best squad (for T20 WC) by now," said Ravichandran Ashwin
So far in the South Africa series, Gill has amassed 32 runs across 3 games and averages 10.66. In the overall 15 games so far in 2025, he has scored just 292 runs at an average of 20.8. With this much uncertainty around his form, Shubman is surely not a part of India's strongest combination in the World Cup.
However, Ashwin is concerned that if Shubman is not scoring the runs and Sanju has to replace him, it's fine, but the last thing that the former CSK star would want to witness is Gill scoring his runs at a low strike rate, which would paralyze the team's efforts.
Will India back Sanju Samson ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup?
Sanju Samson has not found form in the middle-order, but if he is backed for the opening spot, then it is ideal that Gill loses his spot ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup. Samson had shown quite the grit as an opener and should be entrusted with the role by Gambhir.
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