Former India player and veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has stated that Shubman Gill is in the running to be Team India’s next ODI captain. He also wondered where the rumours about Shreyas Iyer’s name coming in as ODI captain as well. However, Gill was India’s vice-captain when Rohit Sharma led them to the title in the 2025 Champions Trophy as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Good question, because the rumor markets are hot. It was said that Shreyas Iyer would become the captain, that he would pip Shubman Gill to the post. Sir, from where do you get it? In my opinion, the next captain has been decided without appointment. It has been decided that it would be Shubman Gill.”

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“He is the Test captain. He has been made T20I vice-captain, maybe not out of turn as they had a logic, but Axar Patel hadn’t done anything wrong, and no one felt that the spot would automatically go to him, and you could have argued against it as well. If he has been made the T20I vice-captain, he is already the ODI vice-captain. So don’t ask the question. Shubman Gill is going to be the next captain,” he shared.

However, Aakash Chopra was also asked to choose the better captain between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill.

“It’s very difficult to say because the job Shreyas has done has been absolutely outstanding. He won KKR the final and took Punjab to the final. I think he could have been the next in line for captaincy, but Shubman Gill’s records are not bad either. He took the Gujarat Titans to the playoffs in the second year and drew the series in England,” he added.

“He is also someone who is leading by example, leading from the front, who scores runs. A leader doesn’t ask you to do what he says. A leader says do as I do. So you set the example and Shubman Gill does that job. I am not going to choose one. Shreyas Iyer is a phenomenal skipper, but Shubman Gill is not bad either,” Aakash Chopra concluded.