Star cricketer Shubman Gill has been appointed because the full-time captain for the Indian Males’s cricket group within the Take a look at format. The announcement got here shortly after the retirement of Rohit Sharma, who hung his boots from the format on Might 7. It’s noteworthy to say that tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was the vice-captain and had even led the group in Rohit’s absence from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, the final Take a look at collection which India performed.
Gill, who has already led the facet in T20Is, will begin his stint because the red-ball captain with the five-match collection in opposition to England. Notably, India’s tour to the UK will start from June 20 on the Headingley in Leeds, which can even mark the start of the recent World Take a look at Championship cycle 2025-27.
India will goal to realize one more last look beneath Gill’s management after lacking out on their third-straight look after dropping in opposition to the Aussies Down Underneath. Notably, India had been led by Virat Kohli and Rohit in WTC finals of 2021 and 2023, each of which they misplaced to New Zealand and Australia, respectively.
Gill succeeds Rohit, who had a stellar file as India’s Take a look at captain earlier than signing off. The 38-year-old led the facet in 24 encounters, profitable 12 of these, with 9 video games misplaced and three drawn. His profitable proportion as captain stands at 50.00, which is the second-highest for an Indian captain with minimal 20 Exams.
Rohit’s final two collection as captain, although, had been shambolic to say the least. Within the collection in opposition to New Zealand, India had been whitewashed 3-0 at residence, their first loss at residence in 12 years. Later, India misplaced the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1, which additionally led to their exit from the WTC last spot. Rohit performed three matches within the collection and scored solely 31 runs from six innings, and poor kind led to the Indian skipper dropping himself for the fifth and last Take a look at in Sydney, the place Bumrah acted because the stand-in skipper.