Social Media Flooded With Memes After Confusion Over Shubman Gill's Inclusion In Asia Cup 2023 Squad

Asia Cup 2023: India named a 17-member squad for the continental tournament. Men in Blue's matches will be played in Sri Lanka.

There was no mention of Shubman Gill when the broadcasters initially named India's Asia Cup 2023 squad before the press conference.

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The Ajit Agarkar-led senior selection committee announced a 17-member Team India squad for the forthcoming Asia Cup 2023 set to begin on August 30. The squad was announced on Monday (August 21) from the National Capital in New Delhi. India will begin their Asia Cup campaign with a clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on September 2 at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium. While there was a lot of anticipation for the squad announcement, there was a major confusion over Shubman Gill's selection in the side.

Moments before the squad was actually announced by Agarkar at the press conference, the broadcasters actually named the squad on their live show. However, there was no Gill in that team leading to a shock reaction from the panel on the show which including Sunil Joshi and Sanjay Bangar. But when Agarkar did announce the squad at the presser, Gill's name was including.

There were a lot of memes and reaction on social media following the major confusion. Have a look at some of them here:
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1.26pm - Shubman Gill is not there in Asia Cup 2023 squad.

1.30 pm - Sara calling her Dad .
1.32 pm - Sachin Calling Best friend Agarkar . ( cheef selectors )
1.34pm - #ShubmanGill is there in Team.

2.00 pm - Sachin to Agarkar :- Mera damaad hai wo .😹😹😹 pic.twitter.com/wYweBJ7WmA

— Out of Meme Content (@arryan_a) August 21, 2023

Shubman Gill be like:#AsiaCup2023 #Gill#ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/Qnt5gS14sW

— Managing Cricket (@ManagingCricket) August 21, 2023

After missing Shubman Gill in #AsiaCup 2023 squad #BCCI be like... pic.twitter.com/nuU768EdCO

— MemeOverlord (@MemeOverlord_kk) August 21, 2023

Bcci selection committe to shubman gill, you are not included in Asia cup squad😀#gill pic.twitter.com/2snBK0b8BN

— ney (@ney_1607) August 21, 2023

Thodi der ke liye Andar Se Khushi Nikali, raise smile😊
-Temporary joy#shubman Gill #AsiaCup #asiacup2023 pic.twitter.com/E1KbIk2OQw

— Ayush Gupta (@ayushgupta1777) August 21, 2023

India Squad For Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Traveling stand-by player: Sanju Samson