India, Dec. 21 -- Going purely on merit and backed by cricketing logic, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee took some bold calls while naming a balanced 15-member squad that should start as favourites for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8. The selectors who met at the BCCI headquarters here on Saturday dropped vice-captain Shubman Gill and keeper-batter Jitesh Sharma, recalling the in-form Ishan Kishan and finisher Rinku Singh. The squad will also feature in next month's five-game series at home against New Zealand, the final warm-up for the World Cup. To drop Gill, who is also the Test and ODI skipper, was not an easy call. Their decision shows the panel was honest to accept that it was poor judgement...