Yuvraj Singh Given Entire Credit After Shubman Gill Becomes India Captain: “Greatest Cricket Brain…”

While Shubman Gill takes over the reins of the Test team from India before the highly anticipated series against England, the former cricket player Yograj Singh praised the people behind the young captain’s trip, his father and the great India Yuvraj Singh. While addressing Ani, Yograj Singh underlined the impact of the solid mentoring and family support to shape Gill’s career. “The credit for the performance of Shubman Gill goes to his father and to Yuvraj Singh,” he said.

“If Shubman Gill has become the captain today and will remain for a long time, the advice of Yuvraj Singh will play and have played an essential role on this subject,” he added.

Yograj, himself a former Indian international and father of Yuvraj Singh, underlined how Yuvraj’s cricket intelligence helped Gill to grow as a player and leader.

“Someone like Yuvraj Singh, the biggest cricket brain in the world, taking branchies under their wing is a great thing,” he said.

Gill, who impressed through the formats by his composure and his technique, is now faced with the responsibility of directing India in the longest format. With the support of mentors like Yuvraj and the foundation posed by his father, expectations are raised for the 25 -year -old man while he begins this new chapter in his career.

Gill has become one of the youngest players to hold the position in recent years. Although it lacks experience in captain in red ball format, he led India during a T20i assignment of five games in Zimbabwe in 2024. Gill also captain of the Titans of Gujarat (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Gill was also vice-captain in the ODI and T20is. He was the deputy of Rohit Sharma in the victorious campaign of the Champions Trophy in India in Water in February 2025. In Test Cricket, Gill played 32 games and scored 1893 points, including five centuries.

The series of Tests of India for England: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Raviund Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Buml, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Buml, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bummrah, Mohehin Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.

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