India tour of England: ‘Achha aur talented baccha hai’ – Kapil Dev confident Shubman Gill will return with the trophy | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: When Shubman Gill will stroll out for the toss alongside his opposition England captain Ben Stokes at the Headingley Stadium on June 20, it will be a brand new journey for him as a Test skipper. The five-Test sequence beginning in Leeds additionally marks the starting of a brand new period for Indian cricket, with Gill taking up as the new crimson-ball captain after Rohit Sharma’s retirement.India’s final Test sequence win in England got here in 2007 below Rahul Dravid’s captaincy. Prior to that, the workforce achieved historic triumphs in 1971 below Ajit Wadekar and in 1986 below Kapil Dev.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!With Gill set for the large process on his shoulders and that too in his maiden project, legendary Kapil Dev is confident of Gill-led India beating England and popping out with flying colors.Shubman has performed simply three Tests on English soil, scoring 88 runs at a median of 14.66.

“Achha aur talented baccha hai [He’s a good and talented boy] – and now, the captain of the Indian team. I’m sure he will return with the trophy in hand. We feel very proud and wish them all the luck. I hope they come back victorious and play to their full potential,” Kapil Dev informed TimesofIndia.com in an interview on the sidelines of an occasion organised by Three Sixty to commemorate his iconic unbeaten 175 throughout the 1983 World Cup match towards Zimbabwe.

Stalwarts Rohit, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are not half of India’s Test setup after a very long time. All three have introduced their retirements lately.From the outdated guard, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, who’s the vice-captain, stay, offering a mix of expertise alongside the new management group.Apart from these senior execs, there will be many new faces who will be enjoying in English situations for the first time. Sai Sudharsan, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel, Prasidh Krishna and Akash Deep are the names who will be eyeing spectacular outing in unpredictable English situations.

Kapil Dev urged to not name this facet as ‘inexperienced’.“Today they may be inexperienced, but tomorrow they’ll be experienced. I have confidence in this bunch of players. They will do something special. I just want to say – just go out there and play. That’s it. Enjoy yourself, this is all I want to say to this Indian side,” the 1983 World Cup-winning captain mentioned.On star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, Kapil Dev mentioned: “He’s one of the best bowlers in the world. He knows exactly what to do and how to get the job done. For me, the team is more important than anything else.”