Overview

• Multiple outlets report Gill is resting at home in Chandigarh after health checks, with results submitted to the BCCI, and he is expected to skip the Duleep Trophy starting August 28.
• North Zone plans to hand captaincy to vice-captain Ankit Kumar and has drafted Shubham Rohilla as Gill’s replacement, while Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana are slated to play only the opener before Asia Cup duty.
• Gill remains named as India’s T20 vice-captain for the Asia Cup in the UAE, with reports describing the illness as not serious and his prospects of regaining fitness as positive.
• The Asia Cup squad led by Suryakumar Yadav drew scrutiny for leaving out Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal, with Jaiswal listed among the reserves under a youth-focused selection.
• BCCI general manager Abey Kuruvilla urged zonal selectors to pick all available India players for the Duleep Trophy, as pundits label India favourites on recent T20 form but note a relative shortage in frontline seam options.