Former India all-rounder Suresh Raina has backed Shubman Gill to turn out to be the lads’s nationwide cricket crew’s captain within the close to future. While there was doubts relating to present captain Rohit Sharma’s future, the veteran opening batter not too long ago revealed he would love to assist the crew win the T20 World Cup this yr, in addition to the World Test Championship (WTC) subsequent yr. Rohit misplaced his Mumbai Indians (MI) captaincy to Hardik Pandya, who left the identical position at Gujarat Titans (GT) to rejoing his former franchise.
With Hardik now at MI, Gill was appointed captain of GT for IPL 2024. However, the franchise has misplaced 4 of their first seven video games within the match.
Raina threw his weight behind Gill to turn out to be India’s subsequent captain after Rohit.
“I would say he will be the next Indian captain (after Rohit Sharma). Ban sakta hai vo,” Raina stated throughout a dialogue on Lallantop.
Gill will likely be in motion in a while Sunday as GT tackle Punjab Kings (PBKS) within the second sport of Sunday’s double-header in IPL 2024.
The 23-year-old, who’s the youngest captain in IPL 2024, is the main run-scorer for GT this season. He has scored 263 runs in seven matches at a mean of 43.83.
PBKS are in ninth place within the factors desk after two wins in seven video games whereas GT are eighth with three wins. In their earlier assembly earlier within the season, Punjab secured an exhilarating victory over the Titans in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, Sharath BR, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Manav Suthar, Matthew Wade, Vijay Shankar, Umesh Yadav, Kane Williamson, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kartik Tyagi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sushant Mishra
(With IANS Inputs)
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