‘If you can train someone for two years, why not Jadeja’: R Ashwin on India’s Test Captain Debate and Shubman Gill | Cricket news

Virat Kohli’s retirement leaves zero on a large scale in India’s Test cricket team. The squad has not been announced yet, and there is no confirmation of who will lead India in the test series against England, it is scheduled to begin in June. While Kohli and Rohit Sharma raised many questions, some need to be answered immediately: Who will be the new men coming to the number 4 and who will be the new captain of this ‘new’, relatively inexperienced team? While the major discourse is that Gill seems to be successor for both number 4 location and captaincy, Ravichandran Ashwin feels that it is a big role to do the work. While the CSK man did not ask any question as Gill’s ability, he honestly wanted that there is not much pressure at the age of 25. In a conversation with cricket journalist Vimal Kumar, Ashwin, on his YouTube channel ‘Ash Ki Butt’, Gill’s Shatabdi in Dharamshala and a great outing against England in Ranchi as some of his most notable performances.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Before the England series, extensively diving into the question of captaincy, Ashwin said, “The most experienced person in the team is Ravindra Jadeja. If you are ready to train a new man for two years and then make him captain, Jadeja can also play him as a Vice-Cape.
Connecting in Jadeja’s case, the spinner said that every Indian player has dreamed of captaining India as they begin to represent the country. In addition, Ashwin cited Jadeja’s captaincy in CSK, although he did not continue in the role for a long time. It is clear that he is not insisting on Jadeja to be selected as captain, Ashwin clarified that there is no harm in considering the 36 -year -old veteran for the role.
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