Former England cricketer Mark Ramprakash has hailed Shubman Gill for his performances and feels that he has shown his capability of filling the shoes of the `Fab Four`.
“We are coming to the end of a period that has been dominated by the so-called Fab Four Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson, and the search has been on for players who can take over,” Ramprakash wrote in `The Guardian`.
“Gill has shown he can fill those boots and in a wonderfully orthodox style: he plays all formats and is brilliantly adaptable, but with a foundation of classic technique,” he added.
The new Indian Test skipper has registered the scores of 269 and 161 runs in two innings of the second Test match. Earlier in the first match, the right-hander scored 147 and eight runs, respectively. So far, he has accumulated 585 runs in two Test matches.
Further, the former cricketer hailed Gill by saying, “We have to pay testament to his stamina, his skill and his hunger, not just for runs, but to set an example as the new captain of a young team”.
Where other players` performances get affected due to the leadership duties, Ramprakash feels the captaincy role has helped Gill to be more focused.
“Captaincy can affect a player`s form detrimentally, but it seems to have focused him and his three highest Test scores have been made in the past three weeks,” said the veteran of 52 Test matches.
The 25-year-old Indian cricketer also became only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to register both a double century and a hundred in the same Test.
Gill also became the first Indian and Asian captain to score a double hundred in a Test match in England as the visitors registered a massive 336-run win over the hosts to level the five-match series 1-1. India had lost the opening Test at Leeds by five wickets.
The third Test match between India and England is scheduled to be played at Lord`s Cricket Ground from July 10.
(With PTI Inputs)
