Shubman Gill será uma mistura de Virat Kohli e Rohit Sharma como capitão da Índia, diz Jos Buttler

The biggest pressure going into the England-India Test series will be on Shubman Gill, who has massive shoes to fill. He not only replaces Virat Kohli in the middle-order but will also strike as a phenomenal leader, a void that has been left by Rohit Sharma. Both Kohli and Rohit announced their red-ball retirements (almost) together, meaning a complete traditional shift now will be under Gill.

Rohit + Kohli = Gill?

Fascinatingly, Gill’s stint as the captain of the Gujarat Titans (GT) would’ve definitely helped. He took over the reins from Hardik Pandya when he switched his alliance back to the Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2024. His opening season as a leader wasn’t great, but Gill developed himself into a fantastic captain at IPL 2025. Although GT finished fourth (3rd on the table), Gill gave a great account of his captaincy. As per Jos Buttler, who played the entire season under Gill, his leadership traits are a bit of an amalgamation of both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

“He’s a really impressive player and an impressive young man,” Buttler said while speaking on For the Love of Cricket, his new podcast with Stuart Broad. “He’s pretty calm and measured when he speaks, but [it’s] interessante; Eu sinto que no campo ele tem um pouco de luta por eleAssim, Um pouco de intensidade, bastante apaixonada. Eu acho que ele será uma mistura de Kohli e Rohit.

“Kohli [was] Esse tipo de verdadeiro agressivo [character]realmente transformou a equipe indiana, na sua cara, para o concurso. Rohit [was] Um pouco do outro lado, um pouco mais descontraído, muito authorized, calmo e coletado, mas com esse tipo de luta. Sinto que, pelo meu tempo conhecendo Shubman até agora, ele estará um pouco no meio. Ele obviamente aprendeu com esses dois caras … mas ele será muito seu próprio homem. ”