Shubman Gill will be a mixture of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma who calls Jose Butler as the captain of India

The biggest pressure going into the England-India Test series will be on Shubman Gill, who has massive shoes to fill. He not only replaces Virat Kohli in the middle-order but will also strike as a phenomenal leader, a void that has been left by Rohit Sharma. Both Kohli and Rohit announced their red-ball retirements (almost) together, meaning a complete traditional shift now will be under Gill.

Rohit + Kohli = Gill?

Fascinatingly, Gill’s stint as the captain of the Gujarat Titans (GT) would’ve definitely helped. He took over the reins from Hardik Pandya when he switched his alliance back to the Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2024. His opening season as a leader wasn’t great, but Gill developed himself into a fantastic captain at IPL 2025. Although GT finished fourth (3rd on the table), Gill gave a great account of his captaincy. As per Jos Buttler, who played the entire season under Gill, his leadership traits are a bit of an amalgamation of both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

“He’s a really impressive player and an impressive young man,” Buttler said while speaking on For the Love of Cricket, his new podcast with Stuart Broad. “He’s pretty calm and measured when he speaks, but [it’s] interesting; I think he got a little fight about him on the field, Slight intensity, quite emotional. I think he will be a mixture of Kohli and Rohit.

“Kohli [was] Such real aggressive [character]In fact, in their face, changed the Indian team to the competition. Rohit [was] On the other hand, a little bit, a little more back, very nice, quiet, collected customer, but with that kind of fighting. I feel so, know from my time that Shubman will have a little bit in the middle. He has clearly learned from those two people … but he will be very his man. ,