IND vs BAN: Shubman Gill likely to be rested for three T20Is against Bangladesh – Know why

New Delhi: India vice-captain Shubman Gill is probably the prominent players who should be rested for the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh starting October 7 as a element of BCCI’s workload management policy. Gill, India’s No.3 in Test matches, is a important cog in the team’s top-order alongside Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal and is anticipated to play all 10 Tests this season.

Rather then Gill, about a more important players may even be rested keeping the three-Test series against New Zealand in mind. India will start their upcoming international season with a two-Test series against Bangladesh in Chennai from September 19 followed by the 2nd match in Kanpur starting September 27.

“Yes, Shubman should be rested for the Bangladesh T20I series. Everytime you look into the fixture, the three T20Is should be played on October 7 (Gwalior), 10 (Delhi) and 13 (Hyderabad). Now first Test vs New Zealand starts October 16. “So with a turnaround of three days, it's good to to present Gill a break,” a BCCI source told PTI on the condition of anonymity.

Gill has to this point played 21 T20Is and has a hundred, three fifties to his credit as well as a strike rate of nearly 140. He changed into recently appointed captain for the five-match series against Zimbabwe in Harare, which India won four-1. Within the present season, T20Is are least priority for the Indian team with the World Test Championship points with the five-match series against Australia being topmost on the agenda.

Also ODIs should be important as there is a Champions Trophy to be played in that format in February-March. It truly is miles understood that many of the Test team players are unlikely to be played against Bangladesh in T20Is. While the troika of Rohit, Virat and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from the shortest format, pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj also should be given rest as per workload management requirements. It'll be interesting to peer if Rishabh Pant plays T20Is, as his workload is paramount for selectors and he is required in longer formats.

In case Pant is rested, there is genuinely a possibility that Ishan Kishan is once more reconsidered after having spent the 9 months of this year in international barren region.