Former India player Hemang Badani has applauded Shubman Gill for playing a captain’s knock in the second Test against England. He also added that the recently appointed Indian Test captain has an additional burden on him, as he is leading a relatively inexperienced Indian team when compared to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. However, Gill scored a double-century in the second Test before getting out at 269.

During a discussion on Sony Sports, Badani said, “Before this season, there were a lot of discussions that he doesn’t score runs in SENA countries. He let the bat do the talking. He scored a century in the first match and a century in this match as well. As it’s said, captaincy suits some people. Captaincy is suiting him. I would also like to say that he is the captain of a young team. There is a lot of burden on him. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had a set team. This is an absolutely new team, and he knows he has to do something as a batter. He is handling the pressure very well.”

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However, former India wicketkeeper-batter Saba Karim added that Shubman Gill couldn’t have had a better start as a Test captain.

“What better start could you have had as a captain? Shubman had to work extremely hard today (Wednesday). The England pacers had a different approach today. They applied different tactics against Shubman Gill. The attack was more within the stumps, and Shubman prepared very well for that. He negated exceptionally whatever the England pace bowlers offered to him. He played a more controlled knock against Shoaib Bashir. Shubman needed to bat solidly when two wickets had fallen quickly. It was a fully deserved century. He constructed his knock brilliantly, although the job is still incomplete,” he concluded.