Team India T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill was shockingly left out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday. Gill was not named in the 15-member squad for the ICC event as well as the five-match T20I series preceding it against New Zealand. However Gujarat Titans skipper Gill will instead be playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 tournament which gets underway this week. Gill will join the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli playing in the 50-over domestic tournament which begins on December 24. The Indian ODI captain has been named along side world No 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma and left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh to be part of Punjab squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 tournament. Apart from them the squad also includes Prabhsimran Singh Naman Dhir Anmolpreet Singh Ramandeep Singh Sanvir Singh Harpreet Brar Gurnoor Brar and Krish Bhagat. Gill played in 11 ODI matches for Team India in 2025 with 490 runs at an average of 49 with 2 fifties and 2 half-centuries at an average of 88.76. He took over from Rohit Sharma as the ODI skipper from the three-match ODI series against Australia earlier this year. Punjab were last season’s quarterfinalists and are part of Elite Group C. They will begin their campaign against Maharashtra on December 24 playing all seven league matches in Jaipur. The league-stage fixtures conclude on January 8 three days before India’s first ODI vs New Zealand. Gill Abhishek and Arshdeep’s availability however remains unclear as India are scheduled to play three ODIs against New Zealand starting on January 11 followed by five T20Is from January 21. He is set to lead the ODI side vs New Zealand while Abhishek and Arshdeep are part of the T20I squad. With a three-week gap between India’s final T20I against South Africa in Ahmedabad on December 19 and the opening ODI against New Zealand on January 11 2026 in Vadodara this break can be utilised by all India players to play in the 50-over domestic tournament for their respective states. Kohli and Rishabh Pant have already been named in Delhi’s probables list and the duo will be available for Delhi till India’s ODI series against New Zealand happens from January 11 to 17 2026. Former ODI skipper Rohit Sharma was also named in the Mumbai squad for the first two Vijay Hazare Trophy games.   SHUBMAN GILL IN VIJAY HAZARE - PCA Confirms Shubman Gill will play this Vijay Hazare Trophy. pic.twitter.com/uutx5DXHiy — Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) December 22 2025 Punjab’s Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 squad Shubman Gill Abhishek Sharma Arshdeep Singh Prabhsimran Singh (wk) Harnoor Pannu Anmolpreet Singh Uday Saharan Naman Dhir Salil Arora (wk) Sanvir Singh Ramandeep Singh Jashanpreet Singh Gurnoor Brar Harpreet Brar Raghu Sharma Krish Bhagat Gourav Choudhary Sukhdeep Bajwa