Ind vs Eng: ‘not proactive’ – Shubman Gill’s captaincy by former England cricketer. Cricket news

India’s dramatic collapse at 5 on the day of the first Test in Leeds has made a serious debate about Shubman Gill’s captaincy, offering views against former England cricketers David Lloyd and Alastair Cook. Despite dominating large parts of the match, India suffered a loss of five wickets against England, with the host a 1-0 lead in the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy series. Gill’s leadership proved to be expensive in the last day after India’s strategic errors and sloppy fielding in their first major test assignments as captain. David Lloyd, speaking on Sky Sports “Stick to Cricket Podcast”, was important for Gill’s approach. “The conspiracy is with Shubman Gill, who is a very inexperienced captain. How is he going to come back? He has found Ravindra Jadeja and Karun Nair, who is in the 30s. So they have got experience in their team. It is a young team. But they have got it.

However, former England captain Alastair Cook urged patience, who drew similarities as captain in the early days of Ben Stokes. “When you handle a team, there will always be a phase when the team gets used to a new leader. (Ben) This happened with Stokes when he came in. It took some time (for England players) when he came in and said, ‘We are going to try every ball and are going to smash,” Kuk said.

India’s defeat in both innings – both from Rishabh Pant (twice), KL Rahul, Yashsvi Jiswal and Gill was particularly surprising. Nevertheless, falling from 430/3 to 471 and 333/4 to 364, with dropped catches, allowed England to follow 371 under the clouds relatively easily.