The selection on Saturday for the Australian tour has almost confirmed the next poster boy in Indian cricket. It is “almost” because the faith in Gill has been shown by the selectors and now it is his turn to repay that with results like he did in the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, where he was in contention to break Sir Donald Bradman’s (974 runs; Shubman Gill scored 754 runs which is 5th highest) record for most runs in a bilateral test series. He also captained India to a 2-2 result with a young side on English shores. The Asia Cup 2025, though, as a vice-captain, has been a bit of a hit and miss in terms of runs.

The attention now turns to ODIs, in which he has a fabulous record (2775 runs @ 59.05 from 55 games) and has been announced as captain for the upcoming three-match ODI rubber for

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