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India’s Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill will be busy playing domestic cricket for the rest of 2025-26 season. After getting dropped from India’s T20 World Cup 2026, Gill was named in Punjab’s Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 squad. Now, a report has emerged that he will be playing Punjab’s remaining two Ranji Trophy 2025-26 matches when it resumes.
As per a report by TOI, Gill will play two Vijay Hazare matches next year before linking up with the India squad for three-ODI series against New Zealand. The two games he will play are against Sikkim and Goa in Jaipur on January 3 and 6. While India play the T20I series, Gill will don the white jersey, playing two Ranji Trophy group stage matches of Punjab.
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When will Ranji Trophy 2025-26 resume?
Punjab are scheduled to take on Saurashtra in their Group B clash at Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, starting on January 22. Their next match is against Karnataka in Mullanpur, starting on January 29.
Currently, Punjab are in sixth position with 11 points from five games. Punjab have won just one game this season. If they manage to win the remaining two games, they have a chance of making it to the quarterfinals. If they progress to the knockout stage, Gill may be seen playing Ranji Trophy during the T20 World Cup 2026. The quarterfinals are scheduled to commence on February 6.
Gill set to finish as highest Test run-scorer of 2025
Gill is expected to finish 2025 as the highest run-scorer in Tests. From nine Tests, he has scored 983 runs at an average of 70.21, featuring five centuries and one fifty. He had a stellar tour of England in his debut Test series as captain.
In the Boxing Day Test, Joe Root (790 runs), Travis Head (759 runs), Alex Carey (743 runs), Harry Brook (712 runs) and Ben Duckett (699 runs) may end up getting close to Gill's tally of runs.
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