The recent changes in Indian cricket have surprised the fans. Many questions were raised due to Rohit Sharma’s sudden retirement from Test cricket and immediately giving the captaincy to Shubman Gill. In the discussions that started on social media, many people claimed that all this happened after the arrival of Gautam Gambhir. However, now the real inside story of this entire story has come to light.

The story of Gill’s captaincy had already been written in 2023.

Former BCCI selector Salil Ankola said that Shubman Gill had been selected as the future captain long ago. According to Ankola, in 2023, when Gill made a splash in international cricket – consecutive centuries, double centuries and brilliant performance in the World Cup, in the same year the selection committee, team management and senior players together decided that after Rohit Sharma, if someone was to take command of the team, then it would be Gill.

Ankola clearly said, “We always knew that Gill would lead India one day. He was included in our captaincy list in 2023 itself.” According to him, the way Gill showed responsibility while batting as well as on the field, made him different from other players.

Roadmap was decided even before Gambhir’s entry

Fans believed that coach Gautam Gambhir had played an important role in giving Gill the captaincy. Recent revelations from Ankola refute this claim. In fact, the decision to give captaincy to Gill had been taken almost two years before Gambhir became the coach. Therefore, it is wrong to say that Gill got the top role only because of Gambhir.

Gill showed his strength as soon as he got the chance

When Shubman Gill became the Test captain for the first time against England, he performed brilliantly overcoming the pressure.

756 runs in 5 matches

many centuries in a row

Saved India from series 2-2 in difficult circumstances.

Ankola said, “If a player can score more than 750 runs in such conditions in England, then there can be no question about his mental strength.”

If you don’t play, the team will suffer huge losses.

Gill did not play in the series against South Africa due to injury and the Indian team had to suffer a shameful defeat. Due to this, Gill’s importance came to the fore even more.