Shastri added that he would not put much leadership pressure on fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, citing his importance in the Indian bowling department. India will be led by a new captain on their five-match tour of England, starting on June 20 at Headingley, after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Tests earlier this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cYou groom somebody and I would say Shubman\u2019s looked very good. Give him the opportunity. He's 25, 26 years of age, even give him time. There's Rishabh as well. I think these two are the obvious ones I'm looking at because of their age and they have a decade ahead of them. So, let them learn,\u201d said Shastri on The ICC Review show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Both Pant and Gill are captaining their respective franchises - Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans - in IPL 2025. Pant captained India in 2022 T20I series at home against South Africa, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Gill, the top-ranked ODI batter, was the captain when the side toured Zimbabwe last year for a five-match series in the shortest format and won 4-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThey've got experience as captains, now, captaining their franchise and that makes a difference. The little I've seen of Shubman looks very interesting. Composed, calm, he has all the qualities,\u201d added Shastri.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also quashed talks over Gill\u2019s poor overseas record in Tests. \u201cYou people will talk he's not scored runs overseas. You know, that topic always comes, not scored runs overseas. Sometimes I tell them, go and see your own record, how much have you done overseas?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cOverseas, overseas, let him play, let him get a run overseas, then he'll score runs. He's a class player. He has a decade of cricket ahead of him for the country. And I'm sure he'll get cracking in one of the tours, he'll make up for all those runs he's not got on earlier.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bumrah has captained India in three Tests, and was at the helm when they won the Perth Test in last year\u2019s Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia. But he suffered a back injury during the final Test of the Australia tour at the Sydney Cricket Ground and didn't bowl at all in the second innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
That back injury also resulted in Bumrah missing out on the 2025 victorious Champions Trophy campaign. Though he\u2019s back in IPL 2025, Bumrah\u2019s fitness issues means he is not a certainty yet to play all five Tests on the tour of England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSee for me, Jasprit would have been the obvious choice after Australia. But I don\u2019t want Jasprit to be made captain and then you lose him as a bowler. I think he (Bumrah) has to take his body one game at a time. He's coming back now after a serious injury.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
That back injury also resulted in Bumrah missing out on the 2025 victorious Champions Trophy campaign. Though he\u2019s back in IPL 2025, Bumrah\u2019s fitness issues means he is not a certainty yet to play all five Tests on the tour of England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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