“How much did you do abroad?” Ravi Shastri furious with the criticisms of Shubman Gill in the middle of the rumors of captain

The former head coach of India, delighted Shastri, canceled the discussions on the poor records of Shubman Gill in the tests, in the middle of the reports according to which he is the first runner to be the captain Nest India. The former coach of the Indian cricket team thinks that Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant have trained as solid candidates to take the captain of the test team in the near future, citing their youth and the potential of long careers as key reasons. “You will talk, he did not score races abroad. You know, this subject always comes, not races abroad. Sometimes I tell them, go see your own album, how much did you do abroad? Shastri said during the ICC revision program.

“Abroad, abroad, let him play, let him run abroad, then he will score races. He is a class player. He has a decade of cricket in front of him for the country. And I am sure he will be cracked in one of the tours, he will compensate all these races which he did not get earlier.”

Shastri added that he would not put much leadership pressure on the fast lance iron of Jasprit Bumrah, citing its importance in the Indian Bowling department. India will be led by a new captain during his five game tour in England, starting on June 20 in Headingley, after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from tests earlier this month.

“You prepare someone and I would say that Shubman looked very well. Give him the opportunity. He is 25, 26, give him time. There is also Rishabh. I think these two are the two obvious that I look at because of their age and they have a decade before them. So let them learn, “said Shastri.

Pant and Gill captured their respective franchises – the super giants of Lucknow and the Titans of Gujarat – in IPL 2025. Pant Captined India in 2022 T20i series at home against South Africa, which ended with a 2-2 draw. Gill, the highest rank Odi, was the captain when the team tour in Zimbabwe last year for a series of five games in the shortest format and won 4-1.

“They have experience as captains, now, captain of their franchise and that makes a difference. The little that I saw of Shubman looks very interesting. Composed, calm, he has all the qualities,” added Shastri.

Bumrah has captain of India in three tests and was at the helm when they won the Perth test in the Border-Gavaskar trophy series last year in Australia. But he suffered a back injury during the final test of the Australia tour at Sydney Cricket Ground and did not launch in the second round.

This back injury also led to missing it to Bumrah during the 2025 victorious champions trophy campaign. Although it is back in IPL 2025, Bumrah fitness problems mean that it is not yet a certainty to play the five tests of the tour of England.

“See for me, Jasprit would have been the obvious choice after Australia. But I don’t want Jasprit to be a captain, then you lose it as a bowling player. I think he (Bumrah) must take his body at a time. He comes back now after a serious injury.”

“He will have played the IPL cricket, which is the cricket four towards several. Now the Bowling 10 Overs test, 15 Overs. And the last thing you want is also a pressure on his mind the captain,” concluded Shastri.

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