Overview

• Ajit Agarkar confirmed Shreyas Iyer was left out of both the 15 and the five reserves, saying selections were constrained to 15 players.
• Suryakumar Yadav will captain India with Shubman Gill as vice‑captain, a recall despite limited recent T20I action.
• A Cricbuzz-cited report says Gill is unwell and likely to miss the Duleep Trophy, with physios submitting a health status to the BCCI as he rests in Chandigarh.
• BCCI GM Abey Kuruvilla wrote to zonal bodies urging them to pick currently available India players for Duleep Trophy squads after omissions of names like KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj.
• Reactions escalated as Dinesh Karthik called the Iyer decision “a bit unfair,” Sanjay Manjrekar termed it “shocking,” and AB de Villiers openly speculated about possible off‑field considerations, while Sehwag backed India’s balance for the UAE tournament.