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Gill has been in red-hot form nowadays. In his first 2 Tests as India captain, the 25-year-old right-handed batter, with the assistance of three centuries, has amassed a complete of 585 runs.
Mark Boucher names 4 cricketers who might be stars of the longer term. (Picture Credit: AP, Screengrab)
Legendary South African wicketkeeper-batter Mark Boucher has named 4 young players who, in response to him, might be stars of the longer term. In his list, the 48-year-old former stumper included two Indians and two players from South Africa, but surprisingly there was no mention of India’s Test captain, Shubman Gill.
Gill has been in red-hot form nowadays. In his first two red-ball matches as captain of the Indian team, he has amassed a complete of 585 runs. His super run with the bat against England helped him rise 15 positions on Wednesday (July 9) and change into the world’s No. 6 Test batter.
During ESPN Cricinfo’s 25 Questions show, when Boucher was asked to call “Three young players today who do you’re thinking that might be stars of the longer term?” He mentioned 4 “names—”Tilak Varma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and I’ll name 4—(Tristan) Stubbs and (Dewald) Brevis.”
Tilak, Jaiswal, Stubbs, and Brevis have all made their international debuts after first making headlines within the U-19 World Cup. While Jaiswal is an everyday member of India’s Test and T20I teams, Tilak is a component of India’s T20I setup, and Stubbs is a component of South Africa’s team in all three formats of the games.
In the course of the Q/A session, Boucher was also asked to select three players for his all-time T20 XI, and he mentioned Suryakumar Yadav, Heinrich Klaasen, and Sachin Tendulkar’s names.
Boucher, who’s arguably the best wicketkeeper of all time, was also asked to call the best wicketkeeper after his time, and in reply he said, “As much as the stumps, definitely MS Dhoni, and standing back, I could have to go along with Quinton de Kock.”
When quizzed about probably the most complete cricketer on the circuit today? Boucher said, “When you have a look at the one-day format or the white-ball format, I could have to say Hardik Pandya after which maybeBen Stokes.”
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