{"id":521217,"date":"2025-12-21T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=521217"},"modified":"2025-12-21T13:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:26:21","slug":"india-drop-shubman-gill-from-t20-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/india-drop-shubman-gill-from-t20-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"India drop Shubman Gill from T20 World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Dubai<br \/>\nIndian selectors dropped Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill on Saturday from the T20 squad for the World Cup in February after a prolonged form slump.<br \/>\nGill, 26, has scored only 291 runs in his past 15 matches in the game\u2019s shortest format at an average of 24.25.<br \/>\n\u201cShubman Gill is short of runs at the moment,\u201d chief selector Ajit Agarkar told reporters in Mumbai.<br \/>\nHowever, batter Suryakumar Yadav was retained as captain despite similar concerns over his form.<br \/>\nA T20 specialist, Suryakumar has managed just 244 runs across his last 22 innings in the format, without a single fifty.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have full faith in our captain to deliver during the World Cup,\u201d Agarkar said.<br \/>\nSuryakumar acknowledged that his \u201crough patch\u201d had been going on for too long.<br \/>\n\u201cI know what to do. I have time to fix it. We will definitely see Surya the batter,\u201d the captain said.<br \/>\nAll-rounder Axar Patel was named as Suryakumar\u2019s deputy.<br \/>\nWicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan was rewarded for his stellar form in domestic cricket with a spot in the 15-member squad.<br \/>\nKishan last played for India in 2023.<br \/>\nThe same team will also play five home T20Is against New Zealand from January 21, the last round of international matches before the World Cup.<br \/>\nThe 10th edition of the tournament, which will be hosted by Sri Lanka and India, will feature 20 nations.<br \/>\nIndia are the defending champions, having beaten South Africa in a thrilling 2024 final in Barbados.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Indian selectors dropped Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill on Saturday from the T20 squad for the World Cup in February after a prolonged form slump. Gill, 26, has scored only 291 runs in his past 15 matches in the game\u2019s shortest format at an average of 24.25. \u201cShubman Gill is short of runs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-521217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India drop Shubman Gill from T20 World Cup squad<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/india-drop-shubman-gill-from-t20-world-cup-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India drop Shubman Gill from T20 World Cup squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dubai Indian selectors dropped Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill on Saturday from the T20 squad for the World Cup in February after a prolonged form slump. 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