Sanjay Manjrekar, a Former Indian Batter and An Outspokeen Cricket Pundit, have openly admitted Just as fans were celebrated Shubman Gill’s Unbeated 127 on his Captaincy Debut Against England in the first test, manjrekar’s bold revised many eyebrows.
The commentator has yet stressed that jasprit bumrah was the more deserving candidate for the test Captaincy, Citing the Premier Fast Bowler’s Proven Match-Winning Performance Performance All Conditions All Conditions and In All Three Formats of the game.
Sanjay Manjrekar was against Shubman Gill’s Test Captaincy Appointment
Manjrekar believed that the Indian selected a questionable call by not making bumrah the new test captain. But there was another story behind gill’s appointment. Actually, bumrah had already informed the bcci, even before the retirement of rohit sharma and Virat kohli, that his body no longer handle the dual pressure of leading and bowling.
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His clear message left the national selector with no choice but to name Gill as the face of India’s test future. However, bumrah made these revivals after embarking on an england tour with the Indian Cricket Team is Playing a Five-Match Test Series Under Gill’s CaptaINCY.
Sanjay Manjrekar said on JISTAR, “I was again. Future, looking into the crystal ball. So, I don’t think it was the right decision. “
Sanjay Manjrekar Admits Never Doubted Shubman Gill’s Temperament, but his overseas run
The Former Indian Cricketer explained that He Never Doubted Gill’s Calm Mindset as a Captain. He even felt gill wouldn’t let the responsibility affect his game, but he was not sure where he was ready for such for such a Big Role, Especially Since He was Still Fiding His Feet in Overseas Conditions.
Manjrekar further mentioned, “But was shubman gill going to be a failure as captain? No. as capter, temperamentally, we knew that he would that he wouldn Bollywood of the anxiety of eating the captain and afact pattern. That is something we knew.
The only question that we had still a kind of evolving material when it came to overseas cricket. There was some questions about where the added pressure of Captaincy BE TOO MUCH for a Guy Who Has Not Quite Made A Mark in Overseas Cricket. “
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Gill does not have a great record in the overseas tests, averagging just 27 away from home. Many, Including Manjrekar, Had his doubts. But the young Indian captain silenced his critics with a brilliant century on day 1 of the ongoing first Test against England at Headingley.
Sanjay Manjrekar Says Shubman Gill Fixed His Flaws and Proved Everyone Wrong
Manjrekar admitted that Gill Fixed Key Technical Flaws and Showed The Class Everyone with his stunning Knock on his test captaincy debut, and that too in england.
He signed off by saying, “Today, He Got Rid of Three Important Technical Areas That Have, You Know, Prevented Him from Getting Big Overseas 100. The Pitch was good, the Bowling was fruiningly, But on Got Rid of Theose technical issues, there’s only one strength to look at it comes to temperament and other things. “
Notably, Gill Led India from The Front With A Remarkable Knock of an unbeated 127 and stitched a Crucial 129-RIN Third-Health Partnership With Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, WHO IN FLOUNT 101. The Indian captain then stitched an unbeated 138-Run Partnership with Rishabh Pant (65*) to take India to 359/3 at Stumps on Day 1 Against England At Headingley.
