India, Jan. 3 -- Shubman Gill, 26, was expected to mark his return to competitive cricket with the Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture against Sikkim on Saturday. However, it wasn't meant to be as the Punjab captain was ruled out at the last minute due to food poisoning. According to Sportstar, both Gill and Arshdeep Singh were supposed to headline Punjab's playing XI, but only the latter made his way into the lineup as the India ODI and Test captain was sidelined at the last minute.

Had Gill played the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Sikkim, then this would have been the first time that he would have played a game after being snubbed from the T20 World Cup squad.

Gill marked his return to India's T20 playing XI in the Asia Cup; however, the ...