Sunil Gavaskar likened Shubman Gill’s captaincy to three iconic Indian captains:

Delhi: Former India cricketer and now commentator Sunil Gavaskar compared Shubman Gill to three successful Test captains of India who had the distinction of winning the Test series in England. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the Test, Shubman Gill has been given the command of Team India and the five -Test series against England is the first under his captaincy.

Comparison with three legends captains

Gavaskar wrote in his column that India has so far won the Test series in England only three times. For the first time under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar in 1971, then in 1986 under the leadership of Kapil Dev and in 2007, Rahul Dravid’s captaincy. He said, “The special thing in these three was that they used to remain very calm on the field. Wadekar’s cool attitude, Kapil Dev’s vigorous but in control, and Dravid’s deep -thinking way, all these were ideal for captaincy.”

A glimpse of all three appeared in Gill

Gavaskar also said that in the second Test played in Birmingham, the way Gill did calm and confident captaincy, he shows a glimpse of these three veterans. He said, “Gill looked absolutely restrained in Birmingham. He scored a double century and then a century. Using the bowlers brilliantly, he included him cheaply in both innings of England.”

Shubman Gill is in great form

Gill is currently in the best form of his career. He has scored a total of 607 runs in three matches so far and is the top scorer of this series. He played a brilliant innings of 147 runs in the first Test played at Hadingley, Leeds. After this, he scored 269 and 161 runs in the Birmingham Test.

Name recorded in record book

In the Birmingham Test, Gill scored the second highest score (430 runs) for India in a Test match and also became ‘Player of the Match’. India won the match by 336 runs. Although Gill’s performance in the Lord’s Test was poor, he is ready to make a strong comeback in the fourth Test to be held in Manchester. The match will start from July 23 and India is currently 1-2 behind in this series.

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