Former India cricket team batter Aakash Chopra has drawn a parallel between Shubman Gill and former skippers Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. Chopra compared the youngster to the legends in terms of understanding the pulse of the game. Dubbing him as a ‘future superstar’, the ex-India star reckoned that Gill should go on to become a regular all-format player.
Shubman Gill = MS Dhoni & Virat Kohli?
Speaking on a podcast with Raj Shamani, Chopra opined that Gill understood the pulse of the game very well, similar to how MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli did.
“The biggest quality of Shubman is that he understands the pulse of the game. Some players are very quick to understand. Some understand eventually. Some never understand. So, the greats you see, they understand very quickly. So, Virat Kohli understood the pulse of the game very quickly. Mahendra Singh Dhoni understood the pulse of batting in ODIs very quickly,” said Aakash in a podcast with Raj Shamani.
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He backed Gill to become a future captain for Team India, noting that he could become a successful captain despite not having played the T20 World Cup. Gill was named vice-captain for T20Is and ODIs in IND vs SL series. He will next feature in the IND vs BAN Test series which will begn from September 19.
“I mean, he is very young. He will figure it out. But if he doesn’t go, it’s okay. Rohit Sharma didn’t play in the 2011 World Cup. It’s fine. But now India’s most successful captain,” he added.
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