Asia Cup 2025: BCCI's Decision Causes Stir in Cricket World, Shubman Gill Named Vice-Captain

The Indian team announced by the BCCI for the Asia Cup 2025 has created a major stir in the cricket world. This time, the selection committee has made some tough decisions, the biggest of which is the appointment of Shubman Gill as vice-captain. Although Gill has been away from T-20 international cricket for the past year, he has not only been reinstated in the team but has also been entrusted with the responsibility of vice-captaincy.

There is talk that this is where Axar Patel's "game" happened. This year, Axar was the vice-captain in the five-match series against England. In that series, India achieved a resounding 4-1 victory, and Axar took six wickets. In such a situation, excluding him and favoring Gill is considered a strategic decision by the BCCI.

However, Gill's return is seen as a major threat to Suryakumar Yadav. Under Surya's leadership, India has not lost a single bilateral series in T-20 so far. Yet, with the vice-captaincy going to Gill, a question mark has arisen over Surya's captaincy. If the team's performance under Suryakumar's leadership in the Asia Cup is not satisfactory, the selection committee might set him aside and bring Gill forward as the next captain, it is being speculated.

In India, there is a tradition of having a single captain for every format. Therefore, it is believed that the selectors have strategized to prepare Gill for leading all formats in the future by making him the vice-captain. As part of this, Gill was recently given the leadership of the Test team as well. While Rohit Sharma is playing in the ODI format, the likelihood of a leadership change is low, but there is a possibility that Gill will be made vice-captain in the upcoming Australia series as well.

This decision has affected many at once. Axar Patel had to lose the vice-captaincy, the captaincy for Suryakumar Yadav is at risk, while the path to future captaincy has become clearer for Shubman Gill. The final outcome of these new equations will depend on how the Indian team performs in the Asia Cup.