Head coach Gautam Gambhir has praised Shubman Gill for incomes the dressing room’s respect and rising as a skipper by “saying and doing the fitting issues” in his brief captaincy profession up to now.
Gambhir’s feedback got here after India’s 2-0 Take a look at sequence sweep over West Indies on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. This victory marked Shubman Gill’s first dwelling sequence win as Take a look at captain.
Notably, Gill was appointed as India’s Take a look at captain in Might 2025 after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from the format. He was named ODI captain earlier this month, changing Rohit forward of the 2027 ODI World Cup cycle. The 26-year-old Gill will begin his ODI captaincy throughout the upcoming ODI tour of Australia, beginning on October 19 in Perth.
Gautam Gambhir Opens Up On Shubman Gill’s Captaincy
Throughout the post-match press convention, Gautam Gambhir was requested how he’s managing Gill and the Indian head coach stated that he’s permitting the 26-year-old to be himself.
“(By) simply permitting him to be himself. I feel nobody has achieved him a favor by appointing him the Take a look at captain or (the) one-day captain. I feel he deserves each little bit of it,” Gambhir stated.
“I feel he is labored laborious. He has already handed his hardest check as captain — that was in England, 5 Assessments away from dwelling in powerful circumstances towards a high quality group. I do know it is powerful for him…and I’ve stated it many occasions, that England was in all probability the hardest Take a look at for him.
5 Take a look at matches over the course of two, two and a half months, towards a high quality England aspect. What extra might he have confronted?” he added, referring to the grueling 2-2 drawn sequence in England earlier in 2025, when each match was fought intensely, lasting the entire 5 days.
As a batter, Gill had a implausible tour of England as he scored 754 runs in 5 matches and performed many memorable knocks.
The 44-year-old Gambhir additional talked about that Gill has earned the respect of his teammates together with his phrases in addition to motion.
“Generally we solely maintain speaking concerning the captain, however the best way the group has responded to him and to his management is equally necessary,” he stated.
“You have to give credit score to the complete group in that dressing room. You do earn respect by scoring runs, however you additionally earn respect by saying the fitting issues, and doing the fitting issues.
“I feel your actions needs to be greater than some other factor, not simply the performances. He is achieved phenomenally properly, and so has the group,” he added.
Gautam Gambhir Speaks About World Take a look at Championship Prospects
Talking about India’s general prospects within the ongoing World Take a look at Championship cycle, Gautam Gambhir stated he is not involved proper now about whether or not the group will make it to the 2027 last.
“For me, I’m not wanting forward at what’s going to occur within the World Take a look at Championship last in 2027. That’s nonetheless a protracted, great distance away,” stated Gambhir.
“I feel staying within the current is essential. It was necessary for us to win this sequence at dwelling. Extra importantly, I feel we have now acquired a really busy schedule. Hopefully, we will maintain persevering with from right here,” he added.