“There were a lot of captains” - Nasser Hussain feels India had multiple captains during Leeds Test

Former England captain and commentator Nasser Hussain felt Team India, led by Shubman Gill, had multiple captains as senior players like KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant kept offering suggestions to the new captain during the Leeds Test against England.

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Nasser asserted that Gill lacked the on-field aura that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli used to have as captains on the field. Furthermore, the former skipper stated that Gill followed the ball a lot, changing the fields wherever the ball was traveling, turning to be reactive as opposed to proactive.

"I thought I saw someone just finding his way, honestly. You've got to be very careful in the first Test match, the people he's taken over from, Kohli, and then Rohit Sharma. I thought he didn't quite have that on-field aura like the names I mentioned there. You look down on those two previous names, and you immediately see who was in charge of India," said Nasser on Sky Sports.

"I looked down from the press box, the commentary position, there were a lot of captains; it was a bit captaincy by committee, which can happen in your early days as a leader because you're still senior players like Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul want to try and help you out as much as possible. I thought he followed the ball a lot. I thought he was reactive as opposed to proactive," he added.

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Nasser further added that the Indian commentator and former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri was hugely critical of Ravindra Jadeja not using the rough to dismantle the opposition batters. Interestingly, Gill didn’t have a word with the all-rounder to change his tactics.

"A word with Jadeja, maybe as a young captain, to go to such an experienced spinner, and go, you do know the rough is out there. Ravi Shastri and Mark Butcher are up there, going, show us where that ball is pitching, and it was pitching nowhere near the rough," Nasser added.

"Ravi was saying, a bit slow, a bit wide, bowl in the rough. I was surprised that not one of the senior players or captains went to Jadeja and said, Can we go a little bit wider. But Ravi's right, they lost the game for two things that he couldn't control," he concluded.

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