Former India player Sanjay Bangar has praised Shubman Gill for his captaincy in the recently concluded Test series against the West Indies as well. He also added that the Indian captain and team management made the right decision to play on batter-friendly surfaces as well. However, India registered a 2-0 win in the two-match Test series against the West Indies.

During an interaction on the Star Sports show ‘Follow the Blues,’ Bangar said, “I liked two things a lot, which should also be done. He decided to play on such a pitch. The team management, especially the coach and captain, has a slight say as to what sort of surface they would play on. They played on good batting surfaces, due to which the Indian batters got a chance to score five centuries.”

“They will have confidence in their abilities because of that. That proves hugely beneficial in overseas Test matches because you want your sack of runs to be filled when you play overseas Tests as you don’t know what sort of conditions you will get in overseas Test matches,” Bangar again shared.

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However, Sanjay Bangar also applauded Shubman Gill for playing Nitish Kumar Reddy in the XI, considering the overseas Test series against New Zealand in mind.

“Secondly, while playing this Test, the focus was also on the Test matches against New Zealand to be played after eight months. Because of that, they played Nitish Reddy as well. Being in the present, you have to pay a little attention to the future when you are in a leadership position. I believe the decisions Shubman Gill took were excellent,” he said.

“The way he rotated Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and the three spinners when they had to bowl for nearly 400 runs in the West Indies’ second innings, I saw excellent changes. He got Bumrah and Siraj to bowl at the right time. The changes he made to use the ends for Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar were also exceptional,” Sanjay Bangar concluded.