Legendary Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting Termed Opener Shubman Gill as a “Very Driven” Person who undersrstands his path and marked him as the future captain of India.
Gill, currently the Odi Vice-Captain, is in red-heart form in 50-over format and made a bright begginning to the ongoing champions trophy with a Hindia’s Six-World Win and Bangladesh.
“We’ve had a chance to catch up over the last Couple of Years, Particularly Around the IPL Season. I like his demeanour. He seems like a very driven guy who wants to be the best that he possible can be with batting and also as far as aladership’s concerned, “Pontling Told ICC Revision.
“He just seems like a really nice character. A really Softly spoken guy, very driven for whats to achieve in the game, ”Ponting said.
The Former Australian Captain Said The One-Day Format Suits Gill’s style of batting, and Hoped the 25-Eear-Bill Soon Translate That Success Into Test Cricket.
“He’s been a very, very good international player for a number of years. He hasn Bollywood Sort of Transferred that over Into Test Match Cricket Yeet, but his white ball cricket over the last three or four years has been outstanding.
“Look, he’s a big game player as well. He’s Played Really Well in IPLS Over the last couple of years, obviously being capted capting of his franchise, “said ponting.
Ponting, a two-time 50-over world cup winning captain, then explained why gill has been excellent in Odi Cricket.
“I just think that the white ball game really suits his style of play. He can come out and be nice and aggressive early on in the power play with the field up, get some boundaries away early by playing good, naturally aggressive cricketing shots.
“He’s not a big hitter, he’s not anyone that goes out there and tries to do anything outside of the way that he can naturally play. He just scores boundaries almost at will lead fast bowling, against the white ball, ”He noted.