Shubhman Gill has not got a place in the team for T20 World Cup 2026, which was surprising for the fans. Test and ODI captain Gill was the vice-captain in the T20 series against South Africa, his performance was not good. Gill got injured during this period, but he was dropped from the World Cup not because of injury. Now a report has revealed that BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia had called a secret meeting, in which the performance of the players was discussed.
When Shubman Gill was not playing T20, Sanju Samson was opening with Abhishek Sharma. With the arrival of Gill, Sanju had to come to bat lower in the order, but now questions are being raised whether it was necessary to include Gill in a strong team.
BCCI secret meeting
According to the report of News 18, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia had called a secret meeting after the T20 match against South Africa in Dharamshala. In this there was discussion on the performance of the players. Before selecting the World Cup squad, the Secretary had asked for a report on the performance of the players from the Chief Selector. This meeting was important before the selection of the T20 World Cup 2026 team, which was kept completely confidential.
Questions raised on Shubman Gill’s poor form
Shubman Gill became the captain of the Test team this year. His first Test series as Test captain was in England, in which he performed brilliantly with the bat. Gill had scored 754 runs. After this, Gill was also given the captaincy of the ODI team and was made the vice-captain of the T20 team. But the end of the year was not good for Gill, he could score a total of 32 runs in 3 T20 matches against South Africa.
Shubman Gill was ruled out of the fourth T20 due to injury, although this match did not take place due to fog in Lucknow. After this, he also remained out of the fifth T20 played in Ahmedabad on 19 December. A day after this, on December 20, the team for T20 World Cup 2026 was announced in the press conference.
Discussion on Gill’s poor record
According to the report, in this secret meeting of BCCI, Shubman Gill’s poor T20 record this year and his average were discussed. During this period, names of players like Yashasvi Jaiswal also came up. It was said that Gill is in the team, but there is a question mark on the place of players like Yashasvi and Sanju Samson. In this meeting, it was decided that Gill will not be in the team for T20 World Cup 2026.
Gill had scored 4, 0 and 28 runs respectively in the first three T20s against South Africa. After this he suffered a leg injury and was out of the fourth and fifth T20. Let us tell you that Shubman Gill was also kept out of the T20 World Cup 2024, in which India became the champion by defeating South Africa in the final.
Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2026
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.
