India Captain SHUBMAN GILL with coach Gautam Gambhir (Photo Gareth Coppley/Getty Images) Captain India Shaubman Gill faced a challenging start of his leadership, because England ensured the victory of five goals in the Opening series in Headingley, despite the dominant position of India for most of the match. Head coach Gautam Gambhir called for patience with a young captain and praised his performance, especially his century in the first exchange.India seemed to be ready for her first victory in Headingley since 2002 during the fourth day, but the second tail collapse and successful persecution of England turned the tide against them.
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The match meant the beginning of the new era for India without veteran players Rohit Sharma and Virt Kohli, with Gill became the youngest Indian test captain.
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“Look, the first test match, of course, there are nerves. It is a great honor. As he mentioned, the captain of the test site, many people get this opportunity, and he was phenomenal. And more importantly, I think the way he fired in the first shift I was sure he had his own nerves because he was the first time.”“So, all that requires him to be a successful captain, we just have to give him time. We’re still very early and he’s just the captain for the first time.Gill showed her launch bravery in the first shifts and created a considerable 195-run partnership with vice president Rishabh Pant. His impressive shifts from 147 runs out of 227 balls ended when he hit the ball to Josh’s tongue on Deep Square while trying to reach 150.Quiz: Who is the IPL player?In the second shifts, Gill managed only 8 runs out of 16 balls than Bowled.The Indian bat performance was strengthened by centuries from Kl Rahul and Pant, which helped the team to reach a total of 364.The English victory was chased by the target of 371 runs and was ensured through the aggressive 149 Ben Duckett and Joe Root undefeated 53 and achieving their second highest persecution in the history of test crickets.Despite the defeat, Gambhir supports Gill’s leading potential and emphasized the need for time and patience, as a young captain develops in his role.
