India, Aug. 19 -- Shubman Gill returns to India's T20 fold as opener and vice-captain, making him a certain starter in the Suryakumar Yadav-led side for the Asia Cup campaign starting September 10. India play Pakistan as well as UAE and Oman in the league phase.

Gill's selection from among India's burgeoning T20 talent pool didn't seem locked in with Abhishek Sharma-Sanju Samson's opening combination having made a strong case with their power-packed starts in the previous three bilateral series. However, before Tuesday's selection meeting, in a final round of informal deliberations between captain, chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir, they are known to have decided to back high-flying Test skipper Gill's T20 credent...