An advantage to have a captain like Kohli who wants you to go all-in and play without pressure: Shubman Gill

Click Here To Promote Anything On The Above Place

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has often been criticized for his experimental style of captaincy which leads to regular changes in the team. Some players have raised questions on his captaincy and have often said that making frequent changes make players uncertain about their chances in playing XI.

However, there is another side of the coin is that he identify the real talent and throws him for the big challenges which hardly had discussed. Shubman Gill who is a big fan of Virat Kohli a player and has also admired his style of captaincy and feels that it is an advantage to have a captain like him.



"Yes, it's definitely an advantage when your captain wants you to go all-in and there is no pressure. You won't feel that there is one percent of your game that would be left when you are on the field so it's always good for the young players when the captain backs you," Gill told IANS.

Gill who has had a sensational tournament of the U-19 world cup in 2018 and has been very successful in domestic cricket said that Kohli has talked to him about the importance of consistency in international cricket.

"I have interacted with him a couple of times. He just tells me to keep doing stuff that I am already doing and to have consistency on the field. Consistency is an important factor, he added.



Shubman Gill hasn't had a great start of his international career where he has played only 2 ODIs and has scored only 16 runs in those matches. However, he is among the few youngsters who are players to watch out for in the near future.

Virat Kohli too has been impressed with India's fresh crop. Last year while commenting on the youngsters, Kohli had said, "I saw him (Gill) bat in the nets and I was like wow I was not even ten percent of that when I was 19. That's the confidence that they carry and it is great for Indian cricket if the standard keeps going up and the guys coming in can make impact performances straight away and we would be more than happy to give them the chances and help then grow.”

Stay tuned...