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‘I believe the feedback should also have come from Indian team management because….’: Ashwin on Shubman Gill being dropped from Indian T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News

‘I believe the feedback should also have come from Indian team management because….’: Ashwin on Shubman Gill being dropped from Indian T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News

With vice-captain Shubman Gill being dropped from the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, it has meant the Indian Test and ODI captain missed out from the T20 World Cup for the second time in succession since he came into the Indian T20 team. With the Indian selectors showing faith in Sanju Samson as an opener in the team announced on Saturday, former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes that this feedback to drop Subhuman would have come from the Indian team management too with Indian changing their style of play in the power play with Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson personifying that pattern of play. “Obviously, Shubman Gill had been given a lot of backing. The selectors showed a lot of faith because he was directly appointed vice-captain. Right now, it has become very very clear as to what looks like a very very good combination. I believe the feedback should also have come from Indian team management because we have to remember that India changed their style of play inside the powerplay. Rohit …

‘There’s a little bit of clarity lacking’: Dinesh Karthik on exclusion of Shubman Gill, Jitesh Sharma from India T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News

‘There’s a little bit of clarity lacking’: Dinesh Karthik on exclusion of Shubman Gill, Jitesh Sharma from India T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News

The huge news coming out of India’s T20 World Cup squad announcement on Saturday was the exclusion of Shubman Gill. Gill, who was appointed both the Test and ODI captain, had returned to the India T20I setup ahead of the Asia Cup in September as the vice-captain but couldn’t fire with the bat. As a result, Axar Patel who Gill had replaced as the vice-captain, was appointed captain Suryakumar Yadav’s deputy for the T20 World Cup. Another omission from the squad was Jitesh Sharma who missed out due to India selecting Ishan Kishan as the second wicket-keeper batter and Rinku Singh also made his way into the squad which ruled out Jitesh who had looked solid in the recent South Africa series. Former India player Dinesh Karthik reacted to India’s World cup squad announcement, saying that there was a little lack of clarity. He, however, lauded the selected squad as one of the strongest heading into the tournament. “The big news of the day: India World Cup T20 squad is announced and guess what? Shubman …