“The greatest cricketing brain in the world” - Yograj Singh credits Yuvraj Singh after Shubman Gill becomes Test captain

Former Indian cricketer Yograj Singh has credited his son Yuvraj as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Punjab batter Shubman Gill as the new Indian team’s Test captain for the England tour, starting on June 20 at Headingley, Leeds.

While Yograj credited Gill’s father as one of the reasons behind the cricketer becoming the Test captain, he also hailed Yuvraj Singh, who is the greatest cricketing brain in the world, as another person who played a crucial role in Gill’s elevation as captain. 

"The credit for Shubman Gill's performance goes to his father and Yuvraj Singh. If Shubman Gill has become the captain today and will stay for a long time, Yuvraj Singh's guidance will play an essential role in that," Yograj Singh told ANI.

"Someone like Yuvraj Singh, the greatest cricketing brain in the world, taking Gill under his wing is a big thing," he added.

It’s important to note that Shubman Gill, who leads the Gujarat Titans in the IPL, has only five games of experience with captaincy. Moreover, he led his stateside once in the Ranji Trophy. He will emerge as one of the youngest captains in Indian cricket history.

It’s worth noting that Gill was the deputy to Rohit Sharma in the limited-overs formats. Moreover, he was announced as the vice-captain in India’s successful ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign. Speaking about his Test numbers, he played 32 games, scoring 1893 runs with five hundreds.

India's Test squad for the England tour 2025:

Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.

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