Shubman Gill made his ODI captaincy debut for Team India in Perth on Sunday (October 19), but his first game as India captain in the 50-over format of the game also ended with India’s defeat. Gill, who scored a century in his first Test as India captain earlier this year, could only manage to score 10 runs from 18 balls after Mitchell Marsh invited the visitors to bat first at Optus Stadium on Sunday.

Ahead of the start of India’s innings in the rain-hit match in Perth, former Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who also featured in the first ODI, won hearts for his gesture for Gill and his ODI deputy Shreyas Iyer.

In a video going viral on the internet, Kohli can be seen stepping aside to allow India’s ODI captain, Shubman Gill, and ODI vice-captain, Shreyas Iyer, to take the field first for th

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