India, Aug. 21 -- After Shubman Gill was reinstated as India's T20I vice-captain for the Asia Cup, having missed the previous three bilateral series while he was focused on ODI and Test cricket, it's all but certain that the 25-year-old is being seen as the future all-format captain.

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said there was no plan to appoint Shreyas Iyer to take over ODI captaincy after Rohit Sharma, and refuted media reports to that effect. He told HT: "That's news to me. There have been no such discussions."

Other officials privy to happenings in the selection committee meeting also denied that the panel had anyone other than Gill as India's next ODI captain. "He averages 59 in ODI cricket and is already the vice-captain of the t...