Why Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill Dropped From Indian Squad For England T20Is
India’s squad for the upcoming T20I series against England has been announced with some eye-catching selections. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has finally made it to the national team after not playing international cricket for over a year.
However, there were also significant surprises in the lineup. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill, who are considered the future of India’s batting order, have not been named in the squad.
Rishabh Pant was India’s first wicket-keeper in the T20 World Cup win last year, while Yashasvi Jaiswal was in the squad as a back-up behind Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill led the team in the absence of Suryakumar Yadav against Zimbabwe. However, none of these players were considered for this series.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill dropped from Indian T20I squad?
According to a report in TOI, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill were rested after a long and grueling Test series against Australia recently. All three batsmen were part of India’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.
While Jaiswal and Pant played all the Tests of the series, Gill played three Tests. Jaiswal even became India’s top run-scorer in the series on his first tour to Australia, but Gill and Pant were not up to par.
These players might return to the Indian squad in the upcoming ODI series against England, which is also considered as a warm-up for the next Champions Trophy. As a result, these young batsmen were rested by the selection committee keeping their workload in mind.
“(Rishabh) Pant, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal and (Shubman) Gill have been rested from this series to allow them to fully recover from the grueling Border-Gavaskar five-Test series in Australia, for the ODI against England and the Champions Trophy in February,” TOI quoted a source as saying.
Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill’s ODI numbers
All these players are very important for India in different formats and are seen as future star batsmen after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. While Gill and Pant have already played plenty of ODI cricket, Jaiswal is yet to make his debut in the format.
Shubman Gill has an outstanding record as a debutant in ODIs and has scored 2328 runs in the format at an average of 58.20 and a strike rate of 101.74. He is likely to partner captain Rohit Sharma at the top in India’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh.
Rishabh Pant has been given numerous opportunities in ODIs but has not been at his best in the white ball format so far. The wicket-keeper batsman has scored 871 runs in ODIs at an average of just 33.50, which falls well short of his world-class reputation. It remains to be seen whether he will get the nod for the Champions Trophy or not.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is yet to make his ODI debut
Yashasvi Jaiswal has not made his ODI debut but could be part of India’s Champions Trophy squad as the third opener. Jaiswal has outstanding numbers in Tests and T20Is and it is only a matter of time before he scores big in the 50-over format as well.
Along with these players, fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was also rested keeping in mind his heavy workload. Siraj played all five Tests in Australia. Jasprit Bumrah is also not part as he continues to recover from the injury he suffered during the Test series in Australia.
