I will be disappointed if Shubman Gill doesn’t go places: Ravi Shastri

Team India’s new Test captain, Shubman Gill, has received backing from the former Indian head coach and commentator Ravi Shastri, who stated that he would be disappointed if Gill doesn’t go places.

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Despite the five-wicket defeat in the Leeds Test, Shastri has defended Gill, stating that if the new Indian captain can learn with exposure and adapt to conditions, he would see him lead the Test side for a long time.

“I’ll be disappointed if Gill doesn’t go places. Languid, lazy elegance, and he’s got a regal element of being regal out there when he’s batting. If he can learn with exposure and adapt to conditions, I think that’s the one name I can see,” he told Wisden.com.

Notably, Gill has been appointed as the new Indian Test captain after the veteran duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirements from the longest format of the game. Moreover, Rishabh Pant has been elevated as the new vice-captain in the leadership group.

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“He’s matured a lot. The way he handles the media, the way he talks at press conferences, at tosses, he’s matured a lot. Let him be there for three years. Don’t chop and change irrespective of what happens in the series. Stick with him for three years and I think he will deliver for you,” Shastri added.

Furthermore, Shastr also opened up on India taking 38.5% of ICC’s total revenue share for the 2024-27 cycle, stating that a country like India should get an even bigger share as there is a lot of revenue flowing from the cricketing nation.

“I would want more because most of the money that’s generated comes from India. So it’s only fair that they get their share of a pound of flesh. It’s relative, it’s economies, if tomorrow there might be another economy that’s stronger, money might come from there like it did in the 70s, 80s and the chunk of the money went somewhere else. So I think it’s only fair and, it just shows in the revenues,” Shastri stated.

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