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Sunil Gavaskar reveals ‘selfless cricketer’ and ‘team man’ Jasprit Bumrah’s role in Shubman Gill era for India Test side | Cricket News

Sunil Gavaskar reveals ‘selfless cricketer’ and ‘team man’ Jasprit Bumrah’s role in Shubman Gill era for India Test side | Cricket News

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Shubman Gill starts his Test captaincy by leading India in a daunting five-match tour of England. Batting great and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that he is happy with ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for ruling himself out of the race for the post due to his recurring back injury. Gill himself has hardly ever played in England – the 25-year-old has played just three Tests in which scored just 88 runs at an average of 14.66. However, Gill’s appointment after Rohit Sharma’s retirement still didn’t come as a surprise to most as he had long been earmarked as the next long-term Test captain for India. Bumrah was seen as the other frontrunner for the post. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO “The fact that that a total team-man and a selfless-cricketer named Jasprit Bumrah informed the selectors that since he may not be able to play all Tests because of his back issue, the selectors could zero in at Shubman Gill as the new India captain, made the selection easier. Bumrah will be at …

Competitive, calm but still a work-in-progress

Competitive, calm but still a work-in-progress

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It’s not often that a player who was nearly dropped just a year back becomes the Test captain. It’s definitely not often that a player who was dropped from the playing XI midway during the last Test series that India played, just months back, becomes the captain. But here we are, due to the big-ticket retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli along with the selectors’ lack of confidence in the other captaincy candidates – Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant – that Shubman Gill, 24, has been anointed as India’s Test captain. In 2024 during the England home series, Gill, struggling with his form, almost lost his place in the Test side. But he bounced back strongly. Later he was on drinks duty for the Melbourne Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy this year in Australia. He got his place back only after captain Rohit decided to drop himself on a grassy-green Sydney track for the final Test of the series. It’s what he did in that Test that needs a rewind, but first …

Shubman Gill named new Test captain of India; Rishabh Pant vice-captain starting from England tour

Shubman Gill named new Test captain of India; Rishabh Pant vice-captain starting from England tour

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Shubman Gill has been named the new Test captain for the Indian cricket team and will succeed Rohit Sharma, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Saturday. This officially begins the new era for the Indian red-ball set-up after the shock retirements of Rohit and Virat Kohli. Earlier, both stalwarts — Rohit and Kohli — pulled the plug from their glittering Test careers, announcing their retirement from this format within a span of one week. FOLLOW: India Test Squad Announcement For England Tour Highlights Rishabh Pant has been named Gill’s deputy starting from India’s tour of England. Story continues below this ad Earlier, it was reported by The Indian Express that Gill was the front-runner to captain the men’s Test team after incumbent Rohit announced his retirement. The senior selection committee, headed by former India all-rounder Ajit Agarkar, is of the opinion that 25-year-old Gill is the ideal candidate to take over as Test captain. However, the selectors were to discuss the same with the BCCI before making a formal announcement. This …

India men’s Test captains full list: Will Shubman Gill become 37th long-format skipper? | Cricket News

India men’s Test captains full list: Will Shubman Gill become 37th long-format skipper? | Cricket News

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Team India are set to appoint their new men’s Test captain on Saturday ahead of the 2025 five-match tour to England, starting June 20. India will be naming a replacement for Rohit Sharma as the skipper of the side, after the Mumbai batter announced his retirement from the format earlier this month. Since their first Test in 1932, India have witnessed 36 Test captains across 589 matches. CK Nayudu led India in their maiden Test match in 1932 against England. However, it was only 20 years later that India tasted their first Test victory under the captaincy of Vijay Hazare against England on February 10, 1952 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. India’s first overseas Test series win came in the 1967-68 season under Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who led the national side in 40 Tests, winning nine games. Story continues below this ad Only five Indian captains – Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – have managed to notch up at least 10 Test victories. Kohli remains …

Like at the start of MS Dhoni era, it’s Shubman Gill Vs In-betweeners … Generational leap loading? | Cricket News

Like at the start of MS Dhoni era, it’s Shubman Gill Vs In-betweeners … Generational leap loading? | Cricket News

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Be it sports, boardroom wars or royal successions; luck and fate are the two co-conspirators that decide most leadership battles. Successions aren’t straightforward. Picking a captain isn’t just about presenting the crown to the team’s senior most, or the top performer. At times, it’s a punt, a calculated risk or a compromise call dictated by circumstances. The winner is usually the one who is in the right place at the right time. Shubman Gill is what the media loves calling the ‘front-runner’ – the cautious term to say they aren’t sure. But this isn’t a one-horse race. In case Shubman makes it, Indian cricket’s latest churn brings to mind another similar period of change. Back in 2009, MS Dhoni had got preferred over a quartet of seniors to be India’s captain in whites. Those who had missed out were a reputed pacer, a frontline batsman with leadership experience, an authoritative spinner and a world-class left-arm all-rounder. Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh had legitimate claims but they lost the captaincy race to …

EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: Selectors to remove Rohit Sharma from Test captaincy | Cricket News

EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: Selectors to remove Rohit Sharma from Test captaincy | Cricket News

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The national selectors have decided to remove Rohit Sharma as captain of India’s Test team, and go with a new leader for the tour of England that starts next month. It remains to be seen if Rohit travels to England as a specialist opening batsman. The Indian Express learns that the Indian cricket board will back the selectors’ decision. It’s a move not driven by a need for transition or to cull out aging players, but understood to be based on Rohit’s performances and his form in red-ball cricket. It is learnt that the 38-year-old will continue to be in India’s ODI plans. This newspaper had reported in March how the board was keen on Rohit to lead on the England tour after his success in the ICC Champions Trophy. Rohit, too, on a recent appearance on former Australian captain Michael Clarke’s podcast, ‘Beyond 23’, had talked about his excitement in leading an attack with Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj in England. The selectors had a series of discussions last month over Rohit’s future in the Indian …

Is it the beginning of the end of Rohit Sharma’s Test captaincy? – India TV

Is it the beginning of the end of Rohit Sharma’s Test captaincy? – India TV

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Image Source : INDIA TV Rohit Sharma’s downfall as Test captain in 2024 After India’s unexpected 0-3 Test series loss at home against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma said, “We are allowed one such performance in 12 years,” and some of us seemed to have accepted his reasoning given India’s success in red-ball cricket in the last few years. But is there anyone who can dare defend the ‘five-time IPL and T20 World Cup winning’ captain after India was rescued by rain in the third Test against Australia in Gabba? Since taking the reins from Virat Kohli, Rohit has enjoyed considerable success in white-ball cricket, which was highlighted by the team winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, and the veteran duo retiring from the shortest format. But has Rohit done enough in Tests or half of what he has in white-ball cricket and should he be allowed to continue? With a 0-3 home series loss against Kane Williamson-less Kiwis and now spectacularly throwing a lead in the all-important Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit is facing some real heat for the first …

‘Why is Rohit Sharma there? A weaker player than Kohli is India’s Test captain’ | Cricket

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Rohit Sharma’s first outing as India captain in a Test match in South Africa did not according to play. The right-hander was out to Kagiso Rabada on both innings of the Test match in Centurion. In the first innings, he could not control the pull – a shot gets him a lot of boundaries in white-ball cricket – and was holed out a fine leg. In the second, Rabada completely opened him up with a delivery that held its line after pitching around off stump. Rohit’s captaincy wasn’t up to the mark either. When Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur were going for runs, he failed to rotate his strike bowlers well, which allowed South Africa to get away with a big first innings total. India’s Virat Kohli(PTI) To top it all, India have now lost four back-to-back Tests in SENA countries. Former India cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath was very critical of Rohit’s batting and captaincy. The former right-hander said Virat Kohli, who has a better record as a batter in Test cricket should be the captain …