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On June 20, Shubman Gill will take over the captaincy of the Indian team for the first time in Test cricket. The Indian team is currently on a tour of England, where it has to play the first match of the series at Leeds. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement from Test cricket, the selectors had decided to make Shubman Gill the next captain in this format. Now all eyes are on Shubman Gill’s performance as to how he will perform as a captain and batsman in the upcoming Test series against England. At the same time, the statement of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar (: Tendulkar) has also come out on this, in which he has given important advice to Gill that he will have to try to keep himself away from outside noise.
Captaining the Indian team is a very stressful job
Sachin Tendulkar, in a statement given to news agency PTI before the start of the upcoming five-match Test series between India and England, said about Shubman Gill that I think Shubman needs to be given both time and support, because captaining Team India is a very stressful job. You will get many suggestions that you should do this or that. He has to focus only on what is important for the team. Decisions have to be taken keeping in mind the interest of the team.
No need to pay attention to external noise
Tendulkar further said in his statement that Shubman Gill does not need to pay attention to external noise as a captain. People will keep giving their opinions, but in the end what matters is what is the atmosphere in the dressing room and what decisions were taken in the interest of the team, nothing else. Regarding the conditions in England, Sachin also advised the Indian team batsmen that they will have to make a strategy according to the conditions because you cannot play here like this, that my game is like this and I will play like this. The batsmen will have to show some patience.
