Shubman Gill is the current captain of Test team of India whereas Suryakumar Yadav led Team India when they last played a T20I match against England in Mumbai on 2nd February 2025. In recently concluded five-match Test series against England, Shubman Gill’s extraordinary performance with the bat has raised calls for his promotion as India’s leadership in all three formats of the cricket. Many experts and fans of cricket wants that right-handed batter -25-year-old Shubman Gill from Punjab should be given the leadership role, keeping the future in mind. As earlier this week Shubman Gill could be asked to leadership role for Asia Cup 2025, but as per report on 14 August 2025 has showed that SuryaKumar Yadav will continue in leadership role in Asia Cup 2025 which is a eight-team tournament and will begin from 9 September 2025 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
As for Asia Cup 2025, selection committee’s meeting will held on 19th August 2025 in Mumbai for which the 34-year-old right-handed batter from Mumbai who is currently undergoing rehab at the BCCI Centre of Excellence will fly to Mumbai from Bengaluru to attend the selection committee’s meeting.
The report read “The Selection meeting will be attended by India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav, who will fly to Mumbai from Bengaluru, where he is currently stationed at the BCCI’s centre of Excellence (CoE) while recuperating after sports hernia surgery. This development confirms that SKY will continue as India’s T20 captain, thus quashing all rumours around India’s new Test captain, Shubman Gill, also being given the T20 captaincy now,”
Report also said that India’s Test opener Yashasvi Jaiswal along with middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer won’t be picked for the Asia Cup. As per report selectors told to Jaiswal to focus on red-ball cricket.
A BCCI source was quoted “With India looking to persist with the opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, Gill is currently struggling to even make it to the side. Even Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had a great series in England, and middle-order bat Shreyash Iyer are likely not to be picked for the T20 side. Jaiswal has been told by the selectors to focus on red-ball cricket,”
