{"id":349661,"date":"2026-06-12T12:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=349661"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:12:43","slug":"shubman-gill-as-a-captain-on-this-format-hasnt-really-settled-down-yet-former-india-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/shubman-gill-as-a-captain-on-this-format-hasnt-really-settled-down-yet-former-india-player\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Shubman Gill, as a captain on this format, hasn&#8217;t really settled down yet&#8221; &#8211; Former India player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shubman Gill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that young India player Shubman Gill hasn\u2019t settled down yet as India\u2019s ODI captain. He also shared that India haven\u2019t yet won an ODI series under Gill. India will tackle Afghanistan in three ODIs, with the primary game happening in Dharamshala on Saturday, June 13. India have won only two out of six ODI games under Gill\u2019s leadership as well.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on his YouTube channel, \u2018Aakash Chopra,\u2019 he said, \u201cShubman Gill has captained in six matches, and we have now lost each series. We have now won only two matches, one in Australia and one against Latest Zealand. So, Shubman Gill, as a captain on this format, hasn\u2019t really settled down yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a giant story. You should change that thing. You really need him to simply stamp his authority, although he shouldn&#8217;t be stopping with the bat. He has scored runs as a captain as well, and he&#8217;ll proceed to attain runs. Considering the type of form he&#8217;s in, you&#8217;ll look towards him to attain runs,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u201cConsidering the type of form he&#8217;s in, you&#8217;ll look towards him to attain runs\u201d \u2013 Aakash Chopra on Shubman Gill<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nevertheless, Aakash Chopra also said that Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma have the perfect average amongst opening pairs who&#8217;ve aggregated greater than 2,000 ODI runs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShubman Gill and Rohit Sharma\u2019s opening partnership, it&#8217;s straight away the best pair in ODI cricket. We&#8217;re talking about greater than 2,000 runs. I&#8217;m  the common. Theirs is 63.8, Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy had a mean of 58.4, Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes had a mean of 52.6, and Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar had a mean of 49.3,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;ve scored 2,360 runs, and have 14 fifty-plus stands and 7 century partnerships. So, that is the modern-day best opening combination when it comes to the common. That really is a superb story. Rohit Sharma is simply six runs away from becoming the primary Indian opener to attain 16,000 international runs. That is a few legacy. He is simply one century away from moving clear of Sachin Tendulkar for the second place on the all-time list of international a whole lot as an opener. Rohit Sharma is at that stage of his profession where he&#8217;ll keep creating or breaking records,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Get the most recent\u00a0cricket news\u00a0here, like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/cricfitupdate?wtsid=rdr_0r9TyTtGMzhJUSzAh\">Facebook<\/a>, and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricFit\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/cricfit?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a>for more such updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shubman Gill Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that young India player Shubman Gill hasn\u2019t settled down yet as India\u2019s ODI captain. He also shared that India haven\u2019t yet won an ODI series under Gill. India will tackle Afghanistan in three ODIs, with the primary game happening in Dharamshala on Saturday, June 13. 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