India, Aug. 18 -- Having amassed 743 runs in his first Test series as India captain, Shubman Gill has been the talk of the town. With an average of 59.04 in ODI cricket, he's the captain-in-waiting in that format too. In T20I cricket, though, he's likely to be shown the queue.

Things can still change when Ajit Agarkar's selection committee formally meets on Tuesday to pick the Indian team for the T20 Asia Cup. "We'll see what happens in the meeting," a key BCCI functionary said, indicating there may still be room for a discussion.

Gill's exclusion would come with the underlying message that the selectors want to stay invested with not just the personnel who helped register wins in the last four series, but also the new urgent direction ...