Shubman Gill’s tenure as India’s Take a look at captain started with a defeat, however he acquired a giant vote of confidence from ex-cricketer Mohammad Kaif, who advised he led higher than profitable skipper Ben Stokes. The 25-year-old batter, who took over captaincy cost from Rohit Sharma, scored an excellent century in his first Take a look at as skipper, which was additionally his maiden triple-figure rating outdoors Asia within the format. He managed to move the batting take a look at, however the five-wicket loss at Headingley saved him below the scanner.
The Indian bowlers didn’t put sufficient stress on the hosts on the ultimate day, and the fielders additionally allow them to down all through the Take a look at. Shubman’s captaincy was additionally labelled as defensive by many, with India missing aggression on the ultimate day whereas defending a 371-run goal.
Nevertheless, Kaif was impressed with Gill’s captaincy and went so far as saying his management outshone that of the victorious England skipper Stokes.
“As a younger captain, Gill did brilliantly by giving Bumrah 4-4 overs and rotating him nicely. He led higher than Ben Stokes. Nicely finished, thumbs up,” Kaif stated on his YouTube channel.
‘Shubman Gill was taking part in with one and a half bowlers’
In the meantime, Kaif described Gill as a ‘helpless captain’, declaring that he successfully had only one and a half bowlers at his disposal. He referred to Jasprit Bumrah because the lone spearhead, and Ravindra Jadeja supplied partial assist, whereas the remainder of the tempo assault failed to offer any significant help.
“ Helpless captain as a result of he was taking part in with one and a half bowlers. One is Bumrah, and the remaining half is Jadeja. There was no assist from Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, or Shardul. You’ll be able to’t win the Take a look at match with 1.5 bowlers. He did captaincy very nicely and regarded good to me. He used his sources nicely,” he added.
Earlier than the beginning of the collection, Gill was additionally below stress to show his red-ball batting credentials, whereas he managed to silence his critics with an excellent first innings century in Leeds.
“I’ll reward him lots as a result of it was a giant Take a look at for him on this collection. It was necessary for him to attain in England. Everybody stated he doesn’t know find out how to play in England, [you] made him captain, however hasn’t scored runs. However he handed the Take a look at with the bat, scored a century, glorious batting. Other than captaincy, he confirmed he can ship with the bat,” he added.
