That India had been heading into unsure territories after the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was a given, contemplating the appointment of Shubman Gill as the brand new Check captain. Two years of IPL management with the Gujarat Titans is all that Gill had in his CV, however the selectors and the Indian group administration, headed by coach Gautam Gambhir, noticed Gill as the long run and took the bait. That they had only a few choices to be sincere, as Jasprit Bumrah had denied captaincy, citing workload. An abroad task on captaincy debut, that too in England, was by no means going to be simple.
Shubman Gill, the batter, took on the problem like a duck to water, registering his maiden Check century within the SENA nations within the first Check of the collection. The composure, the ramrod straight bat supplied each time the ball was pitched on stumps and the endurance that allow the nice ones, despatched out an early sign of Gill’s maturity as a Check batter. Captaincy should have executed a world of excellent to his confidence.
However the identical, nevertheless, didn’t mirror when it was his flip to marshal his troops on the sector. He appeared bereft of concepts every time there was a partnership. There was no seen ploy towards any of the English batters. His area placements firstly of Day 5, when England had been 21/0, nonetheless 350 runs away from the goal, had been far too defensive, which allowed Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett to breathe simple. One thing as apparent as utilizing the tough created exterior the left-hander’s off-stump eluded Gill when Duckett was going all weapons blazing.
Nasser Hussain not pleased with Shubman Gill’s captaincy
He did obtain help from senior professional KL Rahul and vice-captain Rishabh Pant, however former England captain Nasser Hussain believed none of them had been on top of things so far as making a distinction with the captaincy was involved.
“India had 3-4 captaincy in Headingley however none of them had been on top of things,” mentioned Hussain on commentary after England chased down 371 on Day 5 to take a 1-0 lead within the collection.
The previous England captain had praised Rahul’s management a few hours in the past when the senior batter took over the sector placement from Gill and introduced vitality that additionally resulted in Shardul Thakur getting a few breakthroughs in the identical over within the second session. But it surely all went downhill for India within the remaining session.
Within the post-match present on Sky Sports activities, Hussain added that Shubman Gill didn’t have the identical on-field aura as Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli and criticised the 25-year-old for following the ball.
“I noticed somebody discovering his means. He (Gill) did not fairly have that on-field aura of Rohit and Virat Kohli. I believed he adopted the ball loads and was reactive moderately than proactive,” Hussain mentioned on Sky Sports activities.
“When Rohit and Kohli captained, you appeared down and also you instantly knew who was in cost, however once I appeared down on this sport, I noticed two or three captains, captaincy by committee,” Hussain mentioned, alluding to Gill not taking full management of the group.
