Shubman Gill Banenge Test Captain: Venkatapathy Raju ka Confidence Booster!
Former Indian cricket team ke star aur BCCI selector Venkatapathy Raju ka kehna hai ki Shubman Gill ko captaincy ek positive tareeke se leni chahiye. England ke against upcoming Test series ke liye Gill ko captain banaya gaya hai, jismein Rishabh Pant unke deputy honge. Gill ne Rohit Sharma ko replace kiya hai, jinhonne series se pehle Test cricket se retirement announce kar di thi. Raju ne kaha ki captaincy ka Gill ke game par negative asar nahi padna chahiye. Unhone Rohit ka example bhi diya.
Rohit Sharma ka Example
Venkatapathy Raju ne Hindustan Times ko bataya, “Not really, not really. Aap dekhiye, Rohit Sharma kya the? Rohit Sharma Test cricket khelte waqt struggle kar rahe the, right? Lekin phir, jab unhone Mumbai Indians ke liye captaincy ki, toh unhone trophies jeeti. Phir achanak unka style of cricket change ho gaya. Phir woh Indian captain bane, right? Indian captain banne ke baad, unhone achha kiya.”
Graeme Smith se Seekhne ki Salah
Raju ne Gill ko South Africa ke former captain Greame Smith ka example dekhne ko bhi kaha, jo bahut kam age mein skipper bane the, aur situations ko manage karna seekhne ko kaha. Unhone kaha, “Toh Gill is Indian team ka hissa rahe hain sabhi formats mein, right? Aur phir shayad, you know, main Graeme Smith ka example dekhna chahta hoon. Jab Graeme Smith South Africa ke liye bahut young the. Woh sirf 19 saal ke the jab unhe captain banaya gaya tha. Unhone bahut difference create kiya.”
Team Support Zaroori Hai
Raju ne aage kaha, “Toh ab selectors ne Gill ko chance dene ka decision liya hai. Team mein senior members, sabhi players ka farz hai ki woh unhe support karein, right? Kyunki yeh ek team game hai. Isse unka style bhi change ho sakta hai. Woh aur bhi zyada responsible ho sakte hain. Initially, woh thode nervous dikh sakte hain, lekin cricket toh hai hi aisa. Yeh ek challenge hai. Unhe challenge accept karna hoga. Unke paas paanch Test matches hain, umeed hai ki woh un games mein jaldi seekhenge aur jaise woh khelte hain, waise hi khelenge.”
