Shubman Gill has made a comeback to India's T20I squad for the Asia Cup and has replaced Axar Patel as vice-captain.

The 15-member squad, picked by the selection committee on Tuesday in Mumbai, will be led by Suryakumar Yadav and includes Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson as the two other opening candidates. With Gill named vice-captain, however, he could be the frontrunner for one of the slots at the top of the order.

There was no place for Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was among the five reserve players along with Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel. Shreyas Iyer, who scored 604 runs at a strike rate of 175 in IPL 2025 and led Punjab Kings to the final, also did not find a place in the 15.

The Asia Cup is India's first T20I assignment since the bilateral series

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