Gill driven by challenge of all-format presence

In the fast-paced world of Indian cricket, the highlight now firmly sits on Shubman Gill. He was appointed the Test captain in May, bought again into the T20I facet as vice-captain earlier than the Asia Cup in September, and has simply been entrusted with management of the 50-over outfit forward of three ODIs in opposition to Australia later this month.

The announcement of Gill’s ascent in ODIs got here on the finish of India’s win within the first Test in opposition to West Indies in Ahmedabad final week. In his first media interplay because the change of management turned public, the 26-year-old shared his ideas on the honour.

“It is obviously a big responsibility. I’m very excited to lead my country in that format and, yes, the last few months have been very exciting. I’m really looking forward to what the future has. I just want to win everything we have in the upcoming months,” he instructed the media.

Gill’s all-format presence means he can have quite a bit on his plate within the close to future. Asked concerning the bodily and psychological toll it might take, he responded: “More than physically… sometimes there is mental fatigue because when you are constantly playing, there is a certain expectation that I have for myself and to be able to keep up with my own expectations sometimes becomes a challenge. That’s the challenge of being able to play all formats. I want to succeed in all the formats and win ICC titles. If I want to do that, then this is the challenge I have to go through.”

How a lot will his captaincy in ODIs differ from his fashion in Tests? “Captaincy in red-ball and white-ball cricket isn’t the same. In Tests, the better team does win at the end of the day. The challenge is to stay on top for five days in a Test and that is more difficult than captaining in a T20 game,” he stated.