Left out of the T20 World Cup squad, India\u2019s ODI and Test captain Shubman Gill on Saturday said he respected the selectors\u2019 decision and remained focuses on giving his best whenever the opportunity arises.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old was not considered for next month\u2019s T20 World Cup despite leading India in the longer formats. He has played 36 T20Is for India, scoring 869 runs at an average of 28.03 with a strike rate of 138.59.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am where I have to be and whatever is written in my destiny no one can take that from me,\u201d Gill told reporters ahead of the first ODI against New Zealand here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cA player always believes he will try his best for the country and the selectors have taken their decision. I always try to be in the moment and it makes the life simpler.\u201d<\/p>\n
India will play three ODIs followed by three T20Is ahead of the T20 World Cup, which starts on February 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last time we played ODIs against New Zealand, I made my debut and I always cherish that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think any format is easy, if you look at it, the Indian team hasn\u2019t won an ODI World Cup since 2011. It\u2019s easy to say but no format is easy and it requires a lot of effort and determination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In November, Gill had missed the second Test against South Africa and the ensuing ODI series due to a neck injury sustained on the second day of the opening Test in Kolkata, which required two days of hospitalisation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s never easy to miss out and watching the team play. There are so many things you want to do as captain and you need to have a momentum and build on that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gill also stressed the importance of preparation, particularly when transitioning between formats.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the last two Test series, we did not have enough time to prepare… If we had won against South Africa, it wouldn\u2019t have made a lot of difference and preparation for me is a big thing. We did not have enough time before South Africa and the West Indies series at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood to have some time to prepare when going from white ball to red ball,\u201d Gill said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left out of the T20 World Cup squad, India\u2019s ODI and Test captain Shubman Gill on Saturday said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,10536,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-404681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-shubman-gill","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}