Asia Cup 2023: 5 players who can face shocking exclusion from India squad

1. Shubman Gill 

Indian batting's mainstay, young blood Shubman Gill is in sublime form. The Punjabi Munda has scored close to 1200 international runs, the most by an Indian this year. Rohit Sharma has found his new opening partner in this stylish right bat. It looks like Gill is in Midas touch this year. 

Technically he's a strong bat and a quick learner of the game. Supremely talented, as hailed by Virat Kohli himself, Gill has been providing India with the much-needed start they need in white ball format. He's an agile fielder who covers the ground quite well, and teams need such fielders in these fast-paced games. 3

With the form he carried with himself coming into the WI tour, he has disappointed. He tends to go for the outside-the-off stumps ball, where he will be tested against Mitchell Starc, Shaheen Afridi and all. And does he have the temperament to play high-pressure matches, it's not tested yet. Although there's no reason to drop him at this juncture, with Indian selectors you never know. Everybody remembers Ambati Rayadu's shocking exclusion just before the World Cup.