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Shubman Gill named India's new Test captain

 
Narper 2025-05-25 01:23:09 

Shubman Gill has been appointed the new captain of India's Test team. The announcement was made by Ajit Agarkar, India Men's chairman of selectors, on Saturday while unveiling the squad for the upcoming five-Test series in England, slated to begin in June. Rishabh Pant has been named as Gill's deputy.


Full squad:
Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc, wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav

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Narper 2025-05-25 01:24:44 

At 25 years and 258 days, Gill becomes the fifth-youngest cricketer to captain India in Tests, behind Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (21 years, 77 days), Sachin Tendulkar (23 years, 169 days), Kapil Dev (24 years, 48 days), and Ravi Shastri (25 years, 229 days).

 
dayne 2025-05-25 03:22:17 

So the Chase appointment by the WI to captaincy don't look that radical after all

 
Onionman0 2025-05-25 07:52:04 

In reply to Narper

Too many tit- bits....England winning the series....
Sachin son- in-law becomes captain..... Gambhir having his own say....those who criticize Sammy, must look at the team...

 
Kay 2025-05-25 21:37:16 

Looks good for building for the future without Virat Rohit and Ashwin

 
Narper 2025-05-25 23:33:31 

In reply to Kay
and rohit sharma

dis indian team will beat england

de new guys have nuff experience in fc ranji cup

 
Fivestar 2025-05-26 11:48:26 

In reply to Narper

de new guys have nuff experience in fc ranji cup


First Class cricket in India and Test cricket in England are two different kettles of fish.

 
mikesiva 2025-05-28 08:11:44 

In reply to Narper

Sarfaraz Khan, six Tests, average 37.

Shubman Gill, 32 Tests, average 35.

The former can't make the squad, while the latter is made captain.

Hmmm....