India, Dec. 21 -- A former national selector claimed that India head coach Gautam Gambhir played a major role in Shubman Gill missing out on the T20 World Cup squad announced on Saturday. Gill, who returned to T20Is in September as vice-captain, hasn't scored a fifty in four months and managed just 32 runs in three games during the recent South Africa series.

Speaking to PTI on condition of anonymity, the ex-BCCI selector said bringing Gill back into T20Is based on his England Test heroics was a "wrong move," which came at the expense of in-form Sanju Samson. He added that the decision to drop Gill was merely a "course correction" by the Agarkar-led selection panel, but noted it bore significant Gambhir influence.

"If making him vice-ca...