Former England spinner turned cricket analyst Monty Panesar opined on the improvement in Team India captain Shubman Gill’s batting technique ever since taking the leadership responsibility of the team as well. The talented batter was given the captaincy role after Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket in May 2025, ahead of the England tour as well.

“Shubman Gill rose to the challenge. I always thought that he was almost lazy in his footwork when he wasn’t the captain, and now, he’s phenomenal. And I think we’re going to hopefully see the best of them in the next couple of years,” he said in an interview with the Hindustan Times. “He’ll (Gill) grow into the role. I think his career Test will probably come, how he does in India, really. And, more than turning pictures, you know, does he have the spinners to do that without Ashwin and Jadeja? Washington Sundar will be there, and it will be about whether he can live up to the expectations of Ashwin. I think Kuldeep Yadav has to play. He has to bring him into the equation somehow.”

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Team India captain Shubman Gill did not have the chance to use Jasprit Bumrah at all times during the five-match Test series as part of workload management, and he played only 3 Tests as well.

“The biggest factor, as for Shubman here, is that he can win Test matches without Jasprit Bumrah. That’s a massive acclaim. The best bowler in the world. He doesn’t need him. I think India can win Test matches without Jasprit Bumrah. I think that’s the biggest achievement from his captaincy. It just shows that Mohammed Siraj is the key now. They’ve got to build an attack around him. And his fitness is very important. Jasprit Bumrah doesn’t have the fitness to play the five Test matches. So, he’s again, in and out, kind of the guy to come in. But Mohammed Siraj can win the games now,” Monty Panesar concluded.