Will Shubman Gill become the next ODI captain?

Shubman Gill, the star batsman of the current Indian cricket team, was recently appointed as the Vice-Captain of the ODI team. He is one of the players who easily fits in all formats. Fans Comparing him with the legendary batsman Virat Kohli. He is the current Captain of the IPL franchise Gujarat Titans. He was the 2nd leading run scorer in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup where he scored 372 runs including 1 century and 3 half-century. The time when Shubman Gill was rising in cricket and after just 11 months, he got his debut for team India against New Zealand and in just some days, he will become a regulated part of the team.

He has played 48 ODI matches where he scored 2415 runs including 6 centuries and 14 half-centuries. He is one of the players who has a double century in ODI. He scored 208 runs against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 2023. He remains constant and now he will become the Vice-Captain in ODIs. If he does the same in future upcoming series then team Management can deliver the captaincy of the Indian ODI team to him in future.

Shubman Gill scored 1893 runs in 59 test innings so far including 5 centuries and 7 half-centuries. He is especially known for his second innings batting. Fans still remember his Gabba innings where he scored 91 runs. He was the unsung hero of that match. In T20Is, he has 578 runs in 21 innings including 1 century and 3 half-century. His T20I best is 126 runs which he scored against New Zealand in 2023. This is the 2nd highest individual performance of an Indian batsman in T20Is. A few days ago, Abhishek Sharma broke the record when he scored 135 runs against England. Gill was also captain of the Indian T20I team in the Zimbabwe tour, where India won 4-1.

After some days, The Champions Trophy 2025 will start and Gill can become the key player for the team during the tournament. At this time, the Indian Cricket team’s mega stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are struggling with their ongoing forms but it is not with Gill. In Nagpur, in the 1st ODI against England, while chasing 249 runs, India lost 2 early wickets for just 19, but Shubman Gill played a match-winning knock of 87 runs. He first contributed with Shreyas Iyer (57) but after Iyer’s wicket, Gill played his natural game. He again formed a partnership with Axar Patel (52). In this match, he batted at 3. He stepped down himself for Yashasvi Jaiswal but this did not affect his batting. In the Border Gavaskar Trophy, he did not score so many runs and after the tour, he also played in the Ranji Trophy. He failed in his first innings. His critics criticized him for his batting but in the next inning, he made a century and made a statement. This will be very interesting. If Virat Kohli is fit for the 2nd ODI, who will go out of the team? Will Shubman bat again at 3 or will he return to his regular position?