I'll be disappointed if Gill doesn't go places: Ravi Shastri
Shubman Gill, as the captain of the Indian Test side, has lost the first game by five wickets against England at Leeds in Headingly. Taking the reins in the absence of experienced veterans like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Gill has been handed over a stern first assignment to play a five-match Test series against England. Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri, despite the disappointment in the first Test, it would be a surprise if Gill does not go places in a few years.
'I'll be disappointed if Gill doesn't go places. Languid, lazy elegance, and he's got a regal element of being regal out there when he's batting. If he can learn with exposure and adapt to conditions, I think that's the one name I can see,' he said, speaking to Wisden.com.
'He's matured a lot. The way he handles the media, the way he talks at press conferences, at tosses, he's matured a lot. Let him be there for three years. Don't chop and change irrespective of what happens in the series. Stick with him for three years and I think he will deliver for you,' the former India head coach reckoned.' Shastri added.
With India claiming 38.5% of ICC's total revenue share for the 2024-27 cycle, former player Shastri defended the decision saying India should get an even bigger share considering their contribution to the cricket body's revenue.
'I would want more because most of the money that's generated comes from India. So it's only fair that they get their share of pound of flesh. It's relative, it's economies, if tomorrow there might be another economy that's stronger. Money might come from there like it did in the 70s, 80s and the chunk of the money went somewhere else. So I think it's only fair and, it just shows in the revenues,' Shastri said on Wisden.
'When India travel, look at the television rights, look at the television income that comes for an India series. So it's only fair that they get. Whatever they're getting now, if not more,' he added.
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