West Indies legendary batter Vivian Richards revealed that India’s newly crowned ODI captain, Shubman Gill, is his “favourite” while he remains in love with the way batting wizard Virat Kohli plays.

Gill has been handed over the ODI captaincy as the Indian management moved on from Rohit Sharma. He is India’s Test team captain also.

The 26-year-old’s first assignment will begin with a three-match ODI series in Australia, starting on October 19, which will see the return of mainstays Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the first time since the Champions Trophy final in June.

The focus will be on how Gill fares as a leader in Australia and the headlines will also be about the form that Rohit and Virat exude. After bidding adieu to T20Is last year, Rohit and Virat announced their retirement fr

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