Gill's return to the T20Is is a no-brainer: Gavaskar

Shubman Gill's return to the Indian T20 team wasn't entirely straightforward. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma had given explosive starts when Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were away playing other formats. Jasiwal wasn't able to make it back. But the selectors’ kept faith in Gill. Seen as a future all-format leader, he's also been named vice-captain, almost guaranteeing him to start in the upcoming Asia Cup where India begin their campaign against UAE on September 10.

- HT Correspondent

“Looking at the way he batted in IPL, it was a no-brainer,” Sunil Gavaskar said in a group interaction about Gill's selection for the Asia Cup to be broadcast on Sony Sports Network. “He has been very successful in IPL so there is no question that he has got the capability. In the kind of form that he is in where he has scored more than 750 runsin the just concluded Test series, that really augurs well even for the T20 tournament.”