New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips commented on Shubhman Gill’s captaincy ahead of the Gujarat Titans’ (GT) clash against the Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025. Gujarat started their campaign against PBKS on Tuesday, March 25, in Ahmedabad. However, Glenn Phillips, in a media interaction, said that cricket is a team game and it has nothing to do with Shubman Gill or his captaincy alone.

“It’s a team game. One guy can’t win it. So, I don’t think it has anything to do with Shubman or his captaincy. I think T20 cricket has more to do with who’s in form at the right point in time, and the Sunrisers and KKR were in the best form for the trip, you know,” he was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.

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“The way they played in the first two years of the team’s adventuring was fantastic, and they were in form, and it was awesome, and hopefully, we’re in form this year. I don’t think it has anything to do with the way Shubman or the pressure that’s under him. You know, he plays for India. Like you don’t get much more pressure than that,” he again shared.

Further, he also asked for the fielding to get more recognition, and he believes that cricket is beyond just batting or bowling. Glenn Phillips
also showed his gratitude to Jonty Rhodes for appreciating his fielding as well.

“Yeah, that was pretty cool seeing that post from Jonty. You know, he’s someone I saw briefly when I was growing up. And, you know, he set the standard for everyone. So to be able to try and, I guess, follow in his footsteps, you know, the likes of AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Jadeja, obviously, from an Indian perspective. You know, there’s so many great fielders out there. And I think we’re all trying to push for that same narrative that cricket is more than just batting and bowling,” Glenn Phillips concluded.