"How Much Have You Done Overseas?" Ravi Shastri Furious With Shubman Gill's Critics Amid Captaincy Rumours

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has quashed talks over Shubman Gill's poor overseas record in Tests, amid reports that he is the front-runner to be the nest India captain. The former Indian cricket team coach believes Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant shape up as strong candidates for taking the Test team captaincy in near future, citing their youth and the potential for long careers as key reasons. “You people will talk he's not scored runs overseas. You know, that topic always comes, not scored runs overseas. Sometimes I tell them, go and see your own record, how much have you done overseas?” Shastri said on The ICC review Show.

“Overseas, overseas, let him play, let him get a run overseas, then he'll score runs. He's a class player. He has a decade of cricket ahead of him for the country. And I'm sure he'll get cracking in one of the tours, he'll make up for all those runs he's not got on earlier."

Shastri added that he would not put much leadership pressure on fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, citing his importance in the Indian bowling department. India will be led by a new captain on their five-match tour of England, starting on June 20 at Headingley, after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Tests earlier this month.

“You groom somebody and I would say Shubman's looked very good. Give him the opportunity. He's 25, 26 years of age, even give him time. There's Rishabh as well. I think these two are the obvious ones I'm looking at because of their age and they have a decade ahead of them. So, let them learn,” said Shastri.

Both Pant and Gill are captaining their respective franchises - Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans - in IPL 2025. Pant captained India in 2022 T20I series at home against South