When it comes to India's most successful captains, MS Dhoni's name comes first. Dhoni helped Team India win the ICC T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy under his captaincy. In addition, he also handled young and senior players very well. Dhoni's success is also an important part of South Africa's Gary Kirsten, who worked with him as a head coach.
Now Kirsten has given his opinion on Team India's new Test captain Shubhman Gill. He has praised Gill for some things, and has also said that if a young player wants to be successful as a captain for a long time, he will have to develop man management skills like Dhoni.
The Indian team was led by Rohit Sharma in the Test, but in the last few months, Hitman's batting performance has not been good and during this time the team lost the domestic series against New Zealand, while Australia also suffered a defeat. In this case, many questions were being raised on him and then Rohit announced his retirement from social media in May. After this, BCCI and coach Gautam Gambhir expressed their confidence in Shubhman Gill and handed it over to the Test team. Gill's first series is a tour of England, where India is 1-2 in the five-match Test series. However, as a batter, Gill has scored more than 600 runs.
Gill has been made captain and Pant vice -captain in the Test after Rohit's retirement.
Gary Kirsten advises Shubhman Gill to adopt MS Dhoni's formula In an interview with Rediff.com, Gary Kirsten expressed confidence in development as the leader of Gill. He also urged the batters to work to become a better man manager, in which Dhoni performed best. Said the former South African Opener,
These are the early days. I think he has a lot of ability. Captainship is a lot of things you have to bring together. He understands the game well. He is a good player himself. But there are many things that you have to adopt properly. And I think man management will be as important as any leaders. Dhoni was the master in this. If Gill can activate this thing as a leader, I think he has all the qualities to be a great captain for India.
Gary Kirsten worked with Gujarat Titans.
Let me tell you that Gary Kest has seen a close -minded Gill. He has done a lot of work with Gill in Gujarat Titans. Kirsten also appreciated Gill's understanding of Gill's game and technique.
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