India, Dec. 21 -- Shubman Gill's fate wasn't actually sealed on Saturday when BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia announced the squad for the T20 World Cup but when the fourth T20 International was called off on Wednesday due to thick smog.

That was the day it was decided that Gill won't be picked for the T20 World Cup but till Saturday morning, India's two-format captain was neither intimated by the chairman of selectors nor did captain Suryakumar Yadav or head coach Gautam Gambhir informed him, according to a BCCI source.

While the skipper, whose record for the past one year has been very poor, has got a reprieve, it's natural that Gill may start feeling let down and slightly disrespected in the manner in which he was ruthlessly disposed. ...