Sunil Gavaskar opened up on India's surprising call to leave out Yashasvi Jaiswal from the T20I squad for the 2025 Asia Cup as the Men in Blue had a full-strength squad available for selection for the first time since the Sri Lanka tour last year. While Shubman Gill came back and was named vice-captain, there was no place for Jaiswal despite both players being rested for the Bangladesh, South Africa, and England to focus on Test cricket and the 2025 Champions Trophy. However, Gavaskar refused to make a big deal of the 23-year-old's absence and called for support of the players that have been chosen. "You can only pick XI in the match and you can only pick 15 in the squad. Somebody has to miss out, that's just one of those in Indian cricket. No point in discussing whether A or B or C should've been there. This is now our team. We can all have our opinions before the selection committee picks the team but once the team is picked, we should back it fully. We shouldn't be saying A should've been there or B should've been there. That only creates controversy, which the players don't need," said Gavaskar on India Today. Also Read: Yashasvi Jaiswal's Non-Selection For Asia Cup 2025 - When Merit Is Ignored; Trust And Precedence Is Broken Sunil Gavaskar Backs Shubman Gill's Picks Gavaskar backed the selectors' decision to pick Shubman Gill and claimed that after his heroics in the Test series against England. The 76-year-old further claimed that the the right-hander batter will be made captain in the future. “Not surprising at all. He (Shubman Gill) scored over 750 runs just a couple of weeks ago. You cannot exclude a player in that kind of form. Also, he has done really well in the IPL, which concluded just before the tour to England. It's a very good inclusion. Giving him the vice-captaincy is also a way of telling him that in the future, he could be leading the T20 side. I think it’s a very, very good selection," Gavaskar added. Gill is likely to open with Abhishek Sharma, which will mean that Sanju Samson either loses his spot or is demoted to either number three or five. Jaiswal has been named among the five standbys alongside Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, and Prasidh Krishna.