India, Nov. 7 -- India should not pick Shubman Gill in the fifth and final T20I against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. Before you roll your eyes, hear us out. Gill has been playing non-stop cricket since May 2025. He is the only active cricketer who has featured in every match that India have played since the England Test series and he has been captain in 10 of those. From England through the Asia Cup in the UAE and the West Indies Test series at home, he has accumulated 40 competitive days of cricket. With eight white-ball matches on the Australia tour, that figure will hit 48 match-days in 140 calendar days (if he features in the last T20I), one competitive day every 2.9 days.

If Gill plays on Saturday, he will have only three day...