How Jaiswal, Gill, Abhishek, Samson & Tilak Have Performed In T20Is?
Legendary Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from T20Is on June 29, 2024, and since their retirement, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma have played in the top three for India in the shortest format of the game, and all of them made sure that they made the most of the opportunities that came their way to confirm their place in India's T20I squad. The BCCI selectors are set to announce India's squad for Asia Cup 2025 on Tuesday (August 19), and it will be interesting to see which of these five players manage to secure a place in India's squad. In all likelihood at most four players will be considered by the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee.
Ahead of India's Asia Cup 2025 squad announcement, here's a look at how Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma have performed in T20Is for India overall and also since the retirement of Kohli and Rohit.
In T20Is, Samson has played the most matches (42) between the five and has also scored the most runs (861) and centuries (3), but in terms of batting average, Tilak tops the list. The left-handed batter from Hyderabad has a batting average of 49.93. When it comes to strike rate, Abhishek is leading the race with 193.84, and he also holds the record of highest individual score (135) for India in T20Is. In terms of boundaries, Jaiswal has scored the most fours (81), and Samson tops the six chart with 49 maximums to his credit.
In the 2024-25 season, which kicked off with a five-match series in Zimbabwe on July 6, 2025, Abhishek has played most matches (17) for Men in Blue and also scored the most runs (535), sixes (41) and fours (46).
In his last T20I for India, which was played against England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on February 2, 2025, he also scored 135 runs from just 54 balls as an opening batter, which is a record for the highest individual score for India in T20Is.
However during that period, Tilak's average (82.60) is best for India and Samson scored most centuries (3).
Numbers in T20Is (since July 2024)
In the IPL 2025, the spotlight was on these five players, who were retained by their respective franchises, and they played some delightful knocks to catch everyone's attention. But unlike the 2024-25 season in T20Is, Gill and Jaiswal topped the batting charts. While Gill finished the season with more runs (650), fours (62) and a batting average (50.00) than the other four, Jaiswal scored the joint-most fifties (6) and sixes (28).
Performance in IPL 2025
Yashasvi Jaiswal Shubman Gill Abhishek Sharma Sanju Samson Tilak Varma
MATCHES 14 15 14 9 16
INNINGS 14 15 13 9 13
RUNS 559 650 439 285 343
AVERAGE 43.00 50.00 33.76 35.62 31.18
STRIKE RATE 159.71 155.87 193.39 140.39 138.30
BEST SCORE 75 93* 141 66 59
100/50 0/6 0/6 1/2 0/1 0/2
4/6s 60/28 62/24 46/28 27/13 23/16
It will be a tough call for the BCCI selectors to make, as all five of them have, one way or another, proved their worth in the T20 format of the game.
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