Former South Africa cricketer and India head coach Gary Kirsten has suggested Shubman Gill to become an incredible man manager like MS Dhoni. Gill has been recently appointed India’s new Test captain following the retirement of Rohit Sharma from the longest format. The star batter is having a tough time as a leader in the ongoing series against England, trailing by 1-2 in the series.
Recently, Gary Kirsten shared his views on Gill’s captaincy, saying that he’s made good early impression and has all the abilities to become a great India captain. Kirsten also suggested him to become a great man manager like MS Dhoni.
“Well, it’s early days. I think he’s got great potential. Captaincy is a whole lot of things that you’ve got to put together. He’s a great thinker in the game. He’s a good player himself. But there’s a whole bunch of things you’ve got to get right. And I think man management is going to play, like any leader. Dhoni was an incredible man-manager. If he can get that component of his leadership really fired up, I think he has all the credentials to become a great captain for India,” Kirsten said in an interview with Rediff.com.
Gill is enjoying rich form ever since being handed the full-time captaincy, having scored 607 runs from three matches so far at an average of 101.16 with three centuries to his name. He started the series with a magnificent innings of 147 in the first Test at Headingley, Leeds and followed it up with knocks of 269 and 161 in the two innings respectively at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
As a result, he etched his name in the record books, registering the second highest match aggregate in a Test of 430 runs and was also adjudged Player of the Match in India’s 336-run victory. However, Gill failed to continue his form in the third Test at Lord’s scoring just 22 runs across two innings as India ended up losing the Test. Hence, he will be eager to bounce back with a big score in the fourth match in Manchester and help India make a comeback in the series.
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