The Team India head coach added that Gill has passed the toughest test during the Test series against England in tough conditions. He also said that it is important to heap praise on the team, which has responded well to his captaincy
Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill (Pic: X/@ShubmanGill)
After concluding the two-match Test series against the West Indies, Team India will clash against Australia for the white-ball series.
Both teams will engage in three ODIs and five T20I games against each other. Ahead of the ODI series, Rohit Sharma was replaced by Shubman Gill for the role of captaincy for the 50-over format.
When asked how he is managing, with Gill set to take on leadership duties in the 50-over format in an away series, the head coach said that no one has done a favour on the 26-year-old, and that he deserves every bit of it.
"(By) just allowing him to be himself. I think no one has done him a favour by appointing him the Test captain or (the) one-day captain. I think he deserves every bit of it," said Gambir.
The former India batsman also added that Gill has passed the toughest test during the England series in tough conditions.
"I think he's worked hard. He has already passed his toughest test as captain -- that was in England, five Tests away from home in tough conditions against a quality team," he added.
The 44-year-old was nothing short of praise for Gill.
"I know it's tough for him...and I've said it many times, that England was probably the toughest Test for him. Five Test matches over the course of two, two and a half months, against a quality England side. What more could he have faced?" asked the coach.
He also said that it is important to heap praise on the team, which has responded well to his captaincy.
"Sometimes we only keep talking about the captain, but the way the team has responded to him and to his leadership is equally important," said the New Delhi-born former cricketer.
Gill concluded the England series by scoring 754 runs in the contest. Recently, under his captaincy, Team India secured a clean sweep in the two-match Test series against the West Indies.
The ODI series between India and Australia will kick off on Sunday, with the first game scheduled to be played at the Optus Stadium in Perth.
India's ODI squad for Australia: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
(With PTI Inputs)
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