'He Has To Establish As Batter': Anil Kumble Sceptical About 'Skipper' Shubman Gill

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Last Updated:May 26, 2025, 14:09 IST

Anil Kumble has urged Shubman Gill to beryllium himself arsenic a beardown overseas batter aft being named India's Test skipper against England.

Shubman Gill volition pb India against England (Picture credit: AFP)

Former India cricketer Anil Kumble has said that portion helium thought that ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah should person been the archetypal prime for captaincy against England, present that Shubman Gill has been named the skipper, the youngster has to guarantee that helium establishes himself arsenic a potent overseas batter.

Kumble feels that Gill has a large task up of himself due to the fact that helium has yet to cement himself arsenic a batter successful India’s Test broadside overseas.

Kumble was hoping Bumrah would win Rohit Sharma arsenic India’s Test skipper. The ace pacer was India’s vice-captain for the Test bid successful Australia and adjacent led successful Perth and Sydney, the 2 matches wherever Rohit was unavailable.

“It’s going to beryllium a monolithic challenge. Initially, I thought Jasprit Bumrah would person been the automatic choice, but they indispensable person a crushed there. They would person astir apt spoken to him and possibly Jasprit is present looking astatine taking a interruption betwixt matches," Kumble said portion speaking on ESPNCricinfo. 

“Now that the selectors person taken a telephone connected Shubman, they’ll person to instrumentality with him for a while. Because helium needs that benignant of leeway arsenic well. First, helium has to found himself arsenic a batter due to the fact that adjacent successful Australia, helium didn’t play each the matches," Kumble added.

Gill has led Punjab successful 1 Ranji Trophy match, losing to Karnataka earlier this year, but has led successful 4 much first-class matches, 3 Duleep Trophy games and India A successful 2019.

“As a captain, helium has surely shown signs. Of course, it’s a precise antithetic format. He has a calm head. He’s done each the close things for GT successful the past mates of seasons arsenic a captain," Kumble said.

“So arsenic a player, it hasn’t truly affected him, astatine slightest successful the white-ball formats. And to expect that to hap successful Tests arsenic well, determination won’t beryllium immoderate issues with his batting conscionable due to the fact that helium is captain," Kumble added.

Gill’s archetypal duty arsenic Test skipper volition beryllium erstwhile India instrumentality connected England successful the archetypal of the five-match bid connected June 20 successful Leeds.

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