Shubman Gill Given Fixed Deadline To Prove Captaincy, BCCI Sent Message
Ravi Shastri believes that the team management should keep supporting Shubman Gill as captain even if they lose the Test series against England.
- Ravi Shastri urges support for Shubman Gill as captain despite Test series loss to England.
- Gill debuted as captain, succeeding Rohit Sharma amid team changes and retirements.
- Shastri feels Gill should remain India's Test captain for at least three years, no matter the results.
Former Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri believes that the team management should keep supporting Shubman Gill as captain even if they lose the Test series against England. The series against England was Gill's debut as captain, as he succeeded Rohit Sharma. The retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit also meant that Gill had extra pressure with a new-look team for the series. Following the loss in the first Test match, Shastri praised Gill for his maturity and asked the team to support him.
“He's matured a lot. The way he handles the media, the way he talks at press conferences, at tosses—he's matured a lot. Let him be there for three years. Don't chop and change irrespective of what happens in the series. Stick with him for three years, and I think he will deliver for you,” Shastri told Wisden.
Shastri also said that Gill has all the components to be successful in the future.
“I'll be disappointed if Gill doesn't go places. Languid, lazy elegance, and he's got a regal element of being regal out there when he's batting. If he can learn with exposure and adapt to conditions, I think that's the one name I can see,” he added.
India's right-arm seamer Prasidh Krishna shared his thoughts on newly appointed Test skipper Shubman Gill where he said the young middle-order batter had a "very good atmosphere" in the dressing room.
Speaking on Gill's captaincy and leadership skills at the press-conference, Krishna said, "I think he did a pretty good job. All of us saw how he rotated the bowlers, made sure everybody had enough breaks, brought in people at the right kind of spells, he saw opportunities and brought in the right kind of bowlers. All of that was great and knowing him, he set a very good atmosphere around. He's been speaking to all of us, we always go in with a plan and the communication is happening there."
Gill joined the elite list of Indians, which includes Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Vijay Hazare and Dilip Vengsarkar to score 100 on Test captaincy debut.
(With ANI inputs)
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