Who could be Team India's next Test captain? Legendary batter and former Test captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas have the capabilities to lead the team in the longer-format but has backed Gill to take over from Rohit Sharma in the captaincy role.
Following Rohit Sharma's retirement from red-ball cricket on May 7, the captaincy role remains a big question. India face England in a five-match series starting with 1st Test on June 20 at Headingly, Leeds.
Gavaskar praised Gill, Iyer and Pant's captaincy in the IPL 2025 but felt the GT skipper is more involved on field.
"It would take a couple of years (to groom future leaders) to get to the level of our super captains (MS Dhoni, Rohit, Virat). All of them brought a different approach to captaincy," Gavaskar told PTI on Star Sports Press Room.
"When you see Gill, Iyer and Pant, three main pretenders to Indian captaincy you see an amalgamation of all three (Dhoni, Rohit, Virat). Gill probably is more competitive, when there is a decision, he is asking the umpire right away. He is probably a lot more involved,바카라 Gavaskar said.
"Though Pant is behind the stumps, he is also very involved. Iyer too has been superb. All three have brought a lot of positivity in the way they have been captaining,바카라 Gavaskar added.
Despite calls for Jasprit Bumrah to be made skipper for England series, reports from Sky Sports suggest that the pacer has ruled himself out of the race. Bumrah's workload management is a concern and there concerns that he may not play all of the 5 games in England.
