Veteran India spinner Amit Mishra has voiced concerns regarding Shubman Gill’s elevation to the Indian captaincy for the recently concluded T20I series against Zimbabwe. Mishra called Gill a clueless captain despite the young opener leading India to a 4-1 T20I series win against Zimbabwe. Gill took over Gujarat Titans’ captaincy after Hardik Pandya returned to his old franchise, Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2024. Gill’s tenure as captain of the Titans was less than stellar, with the team winning only 5 out of 14 games and failing to reach the playoffs for the first time, finishing 8th in the points table.
The veteran spinner spoke candidly on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast on YouTube and questioned the decision to hand the captaincy to Gill, suggesting that Ruturaj Gaikwad would have been a better choice. “Mai Shubman ko captain nahi banaunga, kyonki maine usey IPL me dekha, he doesn’t know ki captaincy kaise karna hai, uske paas captaincy ka idea hi nahi hai. (I would not have made him the captain. You saw the IPL this season, Gill doesn’t know how to captain the side, he is clueless),” Mishra remarked.
“Just because he is a part of the Indian team, he shouldn’t be made the captain. Gill has done well in the IPL over the last few seasons, he did fine in the Indian team as well. The Indian team made him the captain as they want to give him the leadership experience, which wasn’t visible when he led Gujarat Titans in IPL,” Mishra added.
