Shubman Gill In Asia Cup 2025 Squad Due To ‘Marketing And Business’ Reasons: Ex-India Star Makes HUGE Claim | Cricket

Shubman Gill In Asia Cup 2025 Squad Due To ‘Marketing And Business’ Reasons: Ex-India Star Makes HUGE Claim

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India are all set to be seen next in action at the Asia Cup 2025, where they will return to action in T20Is for the first time since the England series in February. The squad for the tournament has been announced, and the one major inclusion in it was that of Shubman Gill, who had not played in this format for more than one year. Not only was he included in the squad, but he was also made the vice-captain, which makes it more or less certain that he would be included in the playing XI. According to former India star and Gill’s ex-KKR teammate Robin Uthappa, this was not due to cricketing reasons alone.

In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Robin Uthappa said that Shubman Gill’s selection has caused an issue for Team India. He said that this was another example of India backing a superstar who can play across all three formats. He also went on to say that he was brought in keeping in mind the marketing and business side of things.

“They have caused an issue for themselves by bringing Shubman into this whole process of including him in T20 cricket. But I also think from an Indian cricket perspective, at all kinds of eras, you have always had superstars and they have backed a particular player for the sake of Indian cricket, and I think that narrative is continued to be followed right now,” Uthappa said.

“I think the marketing and business narrative also takes precedence, and I think that is also a part, which is why he is also brought in. You want certain superstars to take the game forward. Shubman is going to be one of them,” he added.

India Squad For Asia Cup 2025:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh

Standby players: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal

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