Shubman Gill makes a big claim on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s retirement: “Know how …”

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s leadership were “very opposite style”, but two prestigious players with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have distanced the Indian team from home to “Blown to Win” Test series, calling New Skipper Shubman Gill, who was appointing the captain of India on Saturday. The first assignment for the 25-year-old is a five-testing chain England, where they will not have stallwarts like Kohli and Rohit in line-ups. Gill said in a video released by BCCI on Sunday, “(D) Rohit Bhai, Virat Bhai and Ashwin Bhai

He said, “Yes, this is one thing that it should be able to distribute and execute, but because we have that blueprint, we know how to tour away from home and win the match and series,” he said.

Gill said that Kohli and Rohit had an opposite style, they were also quite similar in style.

“When I was a child, I was always very lucky to be able to play with the great and legends of Indian cricket and (I) to be able to play with many of them, whether Virat Bhai or Rohit Bhai,” he said.

“Both were very opposite in terms of their style, but it was very inspiring to see both working towards a general goal. You want to be able to win as a captain and your style could be different, but they were both very different, but also the same in their own sense.” “Virat Bhai was always very aggressive, always wanted to lead from the front with hunger and passion, while Rohit Bhai was also aggressive. You could not see that in his response or expression, but he was also someone who was always attacking the field a lot,” Gill said.

The Indian Test captain said, “Rohit Bhai was someone who was very calm and cleverly very much present, and he used to communicate a lot for the players, what he wants from the players, and hence these are the qualities that I have learned.” Often the captaincy of the burden affects the batting, but Gill said that his approach would be to keep the two separate.

He said, “One thing I learned was (that) if I am a batsman and batting there, I want to be able to decide as a batsman and not as a captain,” he said.

“If I start thinking about other things, it just puts more pressure on me that is not necessary because when you are batting there, you want to be able to take those risks, you want to be able to make decisions you are playing as a batsman.” He said, “Because it gives you freedom (and), it is one of the things that I have learned that whenever I am going out of there, I just want to be able to decide as a batsman and really don’t want to think that ‘Oh I am the captain’.” Gill said that this “heavy” test was appointed with the captain with “big responsibility”.

“Surely (this) is a bit heavy,” he said.

“As a young child, when anyone starts playing cricket, they want to play for India and not only play cricket for India, but also play Test cricket for India for a very long time.” He said, “There is a great honor to be able to get this opportunity and as you said, it is a big responsibility. I am eager for this exciting occasion and I think the upcoming series in England is going to be very exciting,” he said.

Gill said that his captaincy philosophy will not only lead for example, but will also give his players his place.

“I believe in the leading for example – not only by performance, but I think with the field (as well) discipline and hard work,” he said.

“As a captain, a leader should be able to know when to step, but also when the players have to give place because everyone had a different life and has grown differently.” “Everyone is a different personality and a good leader should always be able to know what his place is, to be the best performance or to be able to make the best results, which is always exciting.” He said, “To be able to be able to interact with the players, to be able to know them only at a deeper level than cricket because then you are really able to know what the best of them can get.” PTI DDV at et

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