East India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman S Badrinath has been surprised to see the snub of star left -handed batsman Yashsvi Jaiswal from Squad for the Asia Cup 2025.
S Badrinath said that Yashasvi Jaiswal has given better performance than Shubman Gill and should have been selected in the T20I squad for the continental tournament.
But what about Yashasvi Jaiswal? – S Badrinath
The BCCI Selection Committee has selected Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Shubman Gill as three early options for the Asia Cup 2025, leaving Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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Jaiswal has been one of the best batsmen in the world since its debut in international cricket and was India’s backup opener in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 as well.
Overall, he has scored an average of 723 runs at 36.15 and has a strike rate of 164.31 in T20Is, and his IPL performances have also been quite explosive. Despite all this, the batsman did not unfortunately cut.
Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson opened for India continuously for some time in T20Is, but now Gill has made his way in the picture. Gill is also assigned Vice-Capanesey, which makes him the first choice in the playing XI.
Talking about the India Squad for the Asia Cup 2025 on his official YouTube channel, S Badrinath said that the support of the youth is a positive sign, but despite the better performance than Shubman Gill, the non-selection of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudhrasan is surprising. He said:
“I mostly see it as a positive that they are supporting a young man and are presenting him for the future. But what about Yashasvi Jaiswal? He has done better than Shubman Gill.” Apart from this, why have Sai reforms missed after scoring 700 runs in IPL 2025 and performing better than Shubman Gill? Sanju Samson is now suspicious of starting himself in the game. ,
Is this selection based on recurrence bias? – S Badrinath
S Badrinath further said that Shubman Gill could have a major role in obtaining the node on Jaiswal and Reformson, as this practice is going on forever in Indian cricket. He said:
“So supporting Shubman Gill, you ask what Yashsvi Jaiswal and Sai Reforms has done wrong when their number is better than Gill. Is this selection based on repetition prejudice?
He said, “This is happening forever in India’s cricket -the player is doing the best at this time, even if the format is different. It is not a bad decision, but a 50-50.”
Shubman Gill has also not been consistently in T20 setup in the last 2-3 years – S Badrinath
The former Indian batsman further said that Gill was handed over the captaincy despite being out of the T20i setup for some time due to his valor in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
He said that Shubman Gill would definitely be a part of India in the Asia Cup 2025, which will replace Sanju Samson at the top.
“Shubman Gill has also not been consistently in the T20 setup in the last 2-3 years. Nevertheless, he has been made the vice-captain of this particular side. It is clear that despite being Test cricket despite his outstanding captaincy and performance in the England series.
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