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Rahul Dravid Role in Shubman Gill Team India Captaincy: Shubman Gill has been appointed as the new captain of Team India in Test cricket. In Leeds on June 20, when Team India will field in the first match of the five -Test series, under the leadership of Gill, a new phase will start in Indian cricket. Gill is ready to become the fifth youngest player to lead India in Tests at the age of 25 years and 285 days. Since Rohit Sharma’s retirement, Gill’s name was leading as the new captain of the Test team, but now a report claimed that Rahul Dravid’s land was important in Gill becoming captain and the selectors had taken a green signal from the former coach before applying the name of Gill.
Rahul Dravid has been Gill’s coaches at both junior and senior levels. Dravid was the coach of the U19 team, which won the 2018 Under-19 World Cup, the gills of which were part. Dravid’s tenure as the head coach of India was between 2021 and 2024 and during this time Gill became the top-order batsman in all formats. Therefore, given the role of Dravid in Gill’s development, the selectors consulted Dravid about the option to hand over the test captaincy to Gill.
According to Hindustan Times report, when the selectors were discussing between Gill and Rishabh Pant as the next Test captain of India after Rohit Sharma’s retirement, he sought Dravid’s opinion on this. Jasprit Bumrah was out due to the workload management from the race of captaincy. At the same time, Rahul Dravid did not think even once before praising Gill’s leadership. According to the report, Dravid’s advice played an important role in Gill becoming captain.
A BCCI source said, “The selectors spoke to Dravid as he saw Gill when he was a teenager and also trained him in the U19 and senior team. He had some best things to say about Gill’s ability as a leader.”
Confirming the name of Gill on Saturday, Ajit Agarkar said that Gill will live as leaders for a long time and his selection committee has full confidence in his ability to face the challenge. He said, “You do not choose a captain for one or two times. You want to try and invest in something that will help us move forward. We were hoping that this is the right decision. We have seen some progress with them during the last year.”
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