The retirement of Indian veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli marked the sudden appointment of Shubman Gill as the Indian Test captain. Shubman Gill showed his caliber as a captain when he led the Gujarat Titans twice in the Indian Premier League.
Indian selectors and head coach Gautam Gambhir found Shubman Gill the most future captain in the Indian side. Shubman Gill also took a bait to serve as a Test skipper, out of which more experienced players like KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah.
However, after India’s loss in the headingley test, he received a lot of criticism from the great people around the world. This time, former Englishman Nasir Hussain excavated senior players like KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, who, despite their presence in the team, could not distinguish the crunch situations.
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He convicted that he could not help the new captain with on-field decisions, and therefore none of them had even a mark.
Nasir Hussain said from the commentary box, “India had a 3-4 captaincy in Headingley, but no mark of them was even a mark.”
Shubman Gill’s batting performance in Leeds
Shubman never had the best record in Test cricket outside India; However, the captain’s band may have given a blow to his confidence. Shubman Gill gave his first Test hundred in Army countries in the first innings of India vs England Leeds Test.
After the two wickets fell on day 1 quickly, Shubman came to bat on not. 4, a new role in Indian test lineup. He was once dominated by the first ball, as he was part of two huge partnerships with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant.
With two Centurion Jaiswal and Pants, Shubman produced a surprising innings of 147, as he crossed every former captain except Vijay Hazare’s record for the most runs in a test by an Indian captain. However, he was dismissed for 6 runs in the second innings.
Shubman Gill will have to call in front of Edgbaston Test
As the captain of the New Indian Test side, Gill will have to make some important calls on which to be placed and who to leave from the Indian side.
Although there is not much for a change in the Indian batting lineup, the lower order will require some changes after a set of uncontrolled performance from the Indian lower order in both innings of 1 Test.
In addition, the choice of experienced players like KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant will have to provide gill with some valuable insight on the game, citing their former experiences in England.
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Indian test captains record in England in last decade
India’s longest format is not a great record in England in the longest format of the game. However, Great Indian Skippers Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid remain two skippers, who have never tested the English soil as an Indian captain.
In the last decade of the Test Captain, since 2015, when MS Dhoni retired from the red-ball format, Virat Kohli played the role of India’s red-ball captain. Kohli may have played 9 Tests as the captain of the Indian side in England, but he remains the most successful skipper with 3 wins.
Jasprit Bumrah is the only captain to represent India in trials in England; However, India lost the captaincy of Bumrah, the only game. Now, Shubman Gill starts his captaincy journey on English earth, as he begins with an abusive loss in Headingly.
