Win in England bigger than IPL – India captain Gill

Leading New India’s team to a series victory over England, according to Shubman Gill, would be far more important than winning the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Gill’s first stint in charge of India’s Test team since Rohit Sharma replaces him, will kick off the five-test series in Leeds on Friday.

In a cricketing landscape where the IPL, the richest T20 franchise league in the world, is increasingly influential, it is one of the longest format’s marquee series.

“You don’t get many opportunities, if any, to travel to England,” the captain said. If you have the potential to be the best of your generation. Gill, who has won the IPL with the Gujarat Titans, said, “You get to have a crack at it every year.”

Gill is a member of the IPL generation that has grown up playing cricket.

He won the title with Gujarat, the franchise he now leads, when he made his debut as an 18-year-old.

However, the 25-year-old has climbed to the highest level of Indian sport, calling it “the biggest honor you can receive.”

Since winning the first Test series with India with a score of 1-0 in 2007, the country have never won an English Test series. The series finale was canceled after the rearranged schedule, which resulted in the draw and was 2-1, but they were still in the lead in the 2021 series.

Gill and India have refrained from calling Headingley their XI, saying they were “one or two combinations.”

Gill will start at number four, taking over Virat Kohli’s format-retraised slot from his predecessor.

The right-hander claimed to have spoken with Rohit, who retired from testing last month after series defeats in Australia and New Zealand, and Kohli, who is undoubtedly India’s most successful test skipper.

In the IPL, I met both of them, and they both shared their stories of their experiences in England and the difficulties that might arise.

One of the best experiences I’ve had was watching the Test series we played against England in India.