Shubhman Gill Team India Future Captain: After the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the T20 format, there has been a stir in Indian cricket. Suryakumar Yadav has been made the captain of the T20 team for the Sri Lanka tour, but everyone’s eyes are also on Shubman Gill. Gill has been appointed the vice-captain not only for the T20 but also for the ODI series. After this decision, would it be right to say that head coach Gautam Gambhir is looking at Gill as the next captain of the Indian team?
We can learn a lot from Rohit
As soon as Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, it seems as if Shubman Gill’s golden journey has begun. He was appointed captain of India on the Zimbabwe tour immediately after the T20 World Cup, where the team won the series 4-1 under him. The captain of the ODI team is still Rohit Sharma and Gill can learn a lot by playing under him. He is just 24 years old and he has a lot of time to learn. Therefore, by the time Rohit Sharma retires completely, Gill will have become quite mature.
Hardik and Pant are already out of the race!
Hardik Pandya has already been ignored. It is said that fitness, frequent injuries and workload management are taking him away from captaincy. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant is also a big and emerging name, but after the accident in 2022, he has not yet been able to fully enter Team India. In this way, Shubman Gill’s two biggest competitors in the form of Pant and Pandya have lagged behind him in the race for captaincy.
KL Rahul also ignored
Before the announcement of the squad, there was talk of making KL Rahul the captain in the ODI series. If this was the case, then Rahul should have been made the vice-captain after Rohit Sharma’s return. It seems as if Rahul has also been dropped from the race for captaincy. Gill took over the captaincy of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. There he is getting to learn a lot from India’s legendary fast bowler Ashish Nehra. Unfortunately, the Gujarat team finished eighth in the points table, but this tough experience can be useful for him in the future.
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