Shubman Gill spoke to Gautam Gambhir for ‘4-5 hours’, and met the captain race with BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar
Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill’s file photo© AFP
Shubman Gill, according to several reports, now retired Rohit Sharma as the Nest Indian Cricket Team Test Captain. Rohit Sharma, in which India entered the final of the previous World Test Championship in 2023, announced its retirement on May 7. Since then, there have been intense speculation about India’s next test captain. Most of the reports claimed that Shubman Gill would succeed in Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Kl Rahul. The new captain will take over from India’s UK tour as of June 20th.
A report India Times Gill claimed that he had recently met with Indian coach Gautam Gambhir at his home in Delhi and spoke for four to five hours. In addition, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar said that he met Gill on May 6 after IPL 2025 matches at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
BCCI looks at Shubman Gill as a long -term captain option. In the report, the BCCI source showed impressive leadership qualities as it leads to GT, which brought the table to the top this season. ” He said. With a new WTC cycle starting from the UK tour, BCCI is willing to build a team around it.
Shubman Gill may be a pioneer for the replace Rohit Sharma as India’s test captain during the UK tour, but other experienced names such as former Spinner R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja should be considered for the hot seat.
The Indian squad can be taken in the last week of May for the UK tour, and the rise to the election process, the negotiations around the new captain are dominant.
“First of all, everyone says Gill is a captain. Everyone goes in this direction. But Jasprit Bumrah has a loud option in Bumrah, and why do we forget Ravindra Jadeja, Ash Ashwin said on a chat with the old Tamil Nadu Opener Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan.
“If you want to go to a new person as a captain, why I do not balance him for two years before giving him his job.” After retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit’s tests, Jadeja is the most experienced player on the Indian side with a 3370 run from 80 tests, and 323 small gates.
With PTI inputs
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