SHUBMAN GILL from India (photo Francois Nel/Getty Images) Former India Batter Robin Uthappa believes that Star Power has played a key role in the selection of SHUBMAN GILL for the upcoming Asia Cup T20i and its appointment with more captain for the tournament. This will be Gill the first performance at the T20 International, because India traveled to Sri Lanka last July, which was time -consuming with the beginning of Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the national team. Uthappa spoke on his YouTube channel and expressed a dull look at the decision and said that selectors had created a difficult situation by remembering the GILL on the T20 Fold. He stressed that recent performances by Gill as an Indian captain of the test in England was excellent, but the step that includes it in the T20 cricket could cause further pressure.
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Uthappa suggested that the selection was influenced not only by cricket merit, but also by business and marketing considerations. “From the point of view of the Indian cricket, you have always had superstars in all kinds of era and they supported a particular player because of the Indian cricket. I think the narrative is watching right now,” he said.
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He added: “I think marketing and commercial narratives also have a priority, and therefore it is brought. You want certain super -stars to move the game forward. SHUBMAN will be one of them.” Gill enjoyed the strong season of IPL 2025 for Gujarat Titans and recorded 650 runs in an average of 50 and a strike rate of 155.88, including the sixties. He ended up in the tournament as the fourth highest run and strengthened his selection case. The Asian Cup will begin on September 9th in the UAE, while the defending champions of India are facing the UAE in their opening match on September 10 and Oman and Oman a complete group and for the tournament.
