Yesterday evening, the Indian cricket team, captained by Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir, departed for England. Gill is about to begin the most difficult assignment of his career to date, which will come after he gave his inaugural formal press conference as captain and answered some difficult questions for the much-anticipated and critical five-Test series against England. With three of its mainstays—Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin—missing, India's journey in the third World Test Championship cycle, which is now a somewhat harder task, begins with the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy. When strategies and strategies have to be developed in England's fluctuating environment, the leadership team, in particular, will face a tough examination.

Naturally, Gill's leadership will be the main topic, but his batting will also be highlighted. Although Gill's Test cricket career has not been the most productive—1893 runs in 32 matches with an average of 35.05—his stats outside of India are more alarming—649 runs in 13 Tests. Former Indian wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta, on the other hand, thinks that if Gill is forced to bat at No. 4, the world will see a very different side of him.

"From now on, we'll be seeing Shubman Gill 2.0 in a different light. I've always maintained that the middle order—and now, in particular, the number four position—is the ideal location for him in Test match cricket. Since we didn't anticipate Virat would leave the format so soon, I previously referred to it as "middle order." However, on Star Sports, he stated that number four is the ideal position for Shubman in red-ball cricket now that the spot has become available.

The rebirth of Shubman Gill is going to take place.

With Kohli's retirement, the Indian think tank, particularly the BCCI-appointed coaching team and head coach Gambhir, has several choices to make, as Dasgupta noted. Kohli's replacement at No. 4 is not as simple as it may seem, since Karun Nair is back in the game after an eight-year hiatus and Sai Sudharsan received his first Test call-up. Keep in mind that Nair might very well be the player to take over for Kohli due to his inexperience, and that the choice to lower Gill to No. 3 was made just a year ago. However, Dasgupta maintains that Gill should assume responsibility for that role. Nair is 33 and Gill is 25. Calculate for yourself.

"In a way, then, this will be a reincarnation of Shubman Gill, the red-ball player and red-ball batsman." I don't have many tricks up my sleeve.cerned about the numbers from before, because as I said, those were from when he was opening or batting at number three. Technically, he is much better suited to number four, or the middle order, in Test cricket," he mentioned.

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