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SHUBMAN Gill is a happy man after leading India to a 4-1 series win over Zimbabwe in their T20I battles which ended at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
The world champions sent a relatively inexperienced squad to Zimbabwe with a lot of the players still very new to international cricket.
Gill, the captain, was just 14 T20Is old coming into the series but said the chance to lead a young side with “such phenomenal talented players” was amazing.
The Indians were stunned in the first T20I where, chasing 116, were bundled out for 102 in 19.5 overs?
Gill said that India “failed to assess the conditions” properly in that game.
“I think that is the mistake we did in the first T20, the score wasn’t that big but I think we didn’t assess the conditions as early and we lost too many wickets in the powerplay and then once you are under pressure, then you are always behind in the game,” he said.
“To be able to lead such phenomenal talented players who I have had the pleasure to play with or against at some stage in age-group cricket or Under-19 or at the India level, it just feels very amazing.
“When you have played against or with so many of the players… I think almost with everyone I have played against or with at some age-group level, it definitely makes my job easier because I understand them at a player level and I understand them as a person as well.
“So many talented players, so many players coming up and it is really fun to be able to play alongside them when I am at the non-striker’s end.”
Gill did not single out one particular captain that he idolises in international cricket but said that Rohit Sharma was someone he really looked up to.
“You can take qualities from Rohit or even Mahi (MS Dhoni), Virat (Kohli), Hardik (Pandya), all of them,” he said.
“All of them have great qualities. I have played the most under Rohit, so he is someone who I look up to and really enjoy playing under.” – Cricinfo
Online Reporter