The future lies with Gill was the verdict delivered when they picked him after having dropped enough hints to the two champion batsmen, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, during and after the Australia series that their time was up so far as Test cricket was concerned

xOnly a vision for the future and succession planning could have prompted the Indian selectors to plump for Shubman Gill as the captain of Team India for ODIs. They had a difficult decision to make as Rohit Sharma had led India to two notable triumphs in the white ball game in the T20I and ODI formats recently while also having led the Test side to the world championship final two years ago. And all the while Rohit had performed as a batsman, at most times selflessly to give the team the bright starts the shorter versions require

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