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Indian selectors surprisingly axed the batsman from the T20 squad after he scored only 291 runs in his past 15 matches in the game\u2019s shortest format at an average of 24.25.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirstly, it is my belief that in my life, I am where I am supposed to be. Whatever is written in my destiny, I will have it,\u201d Gill told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a player I want to win games for my team, but having said that, I respect the selectors\u2019 decision. I wish the T20 team the very best. I hope that they win the World Cup.\u201d <\/p>\n
India, led by Suryakumar Yadav, are the defending champions in the T20 World Cup which takes place in India and Sri Lanka between February 7 and March 8.<\/p>\n
Before that, India will play 50-over matches against New Zealand with the spotlight on stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.<\/p>\n
India claim series victory over Proteas | 01:03<\/p>\n
Kohli and Rohit play only the ODI format since retiring from T20s, following the World Cup triumph in Barbados in 2024, and Test cricket.<\/p>\n
Gill said the presence of the two greats was invaluable for any captain. \u201cDefinitely when you have these two people in your team, it makes your life a lot easier,\u201d said Gill.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd whenever you are in a tough situation, they have been in those kind of situations and conditions many times in their life, so you can always go to them and see how they are thinking or what they would do.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that piece of information is very valuable for any captain.\u201d <\/p>\n
The 37-year-old Kohli and Rohit, 38, have been in top batting form in international and domestic cricket, scoring centuries and runs to turn back the clock.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, New Zealand\u2019s ODI captain Michael Bracewell is keen to make the most of the Indian conditions ahead of the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always fun coming over and playing here,\u201d said Bracewell, a left-hand batter and off-spinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cA month before the T20 World Cup, getting used to these conditions. You won\u2019t be in the same venue but in general, getting used to the nature of the surfaces that they have.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bracewell said he will name the playing XI at the toss but confirmed fast bowler Kristian Clarke will make his international debut in the ODI opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill on Saturday said he respected the Indian selectors\u2019 shock decision to drop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[6074,2095,1724,64,63,689,46737,17879,10404,740,152414,69543,12548,2105,78857,31550,214819,1209,214820,173167,214816,116753,160418,1736,2041,677,214818,214565,45258,124539,38711,32732,10536,1183,18780,12540,85,1210,58866,214817,2131],"class_list":["post-405065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-africa","tag-america","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ayush-kumar","tag-barbados","tag-caribbean","tag-cricket","tag-day-international-company","tag-domestic-cricket","tag-fox-cricket","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gujarat","tag-home-soil","tag-home-tournament","tag-india","tag-indian-selectors","tag-indian-superstar","tag-kristian-clarke","tag-michael-bracewell","tag-michael-vaughn","tag-new-zealand","tag-north-america","tag-oceania","tag-players-head","tag-pre-ashes-bouncer-altercation","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-series-triumph","tag-series-victory","tag-shock-decision","tag-shubman-gill","tag-south-africa","tag-southern-africa","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sri-lanka","tag-suryakumar-yadav","tag-vadodara","tag-virat-kohli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405065","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=405065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}