Manoj Tiwary said of India’s Test captain, “Gill was the second-best option before them.”

The youthful star batsman Shubman Gill will lead the Indian team, which has been confirmed. Manoj Tiwary, a former cricket player for India, has also shared his thoughts on the selection committee’s choice. The five-match Test series between England and India will be the next event as the IPL draws to a sluggish close.

Reactions to Shubman Gill’s selection as the Indian team’s Test captain have been conflicting thus far. But Tiwary boldly asserted that Gill was the second-best choice for Test captain. Tiwary continued by criticising Gill’s red-ball cricket statistics, stating that his average is below average and does not ensure a spot in the starting lineup.

Shubman Gill was selected Test captain, as was to be expected. But as of right present, no player gets selected automatically for India’s Test team. Prior to them (selectors), Gill was the second-best choice. Thus, he was appointed captain for that reason. No one on the current Test squad has a permanent position.

The second-best player available was (name),” Manoj Tiwary wrote on Cricbuzz.

“If you consider his average… How can someone whose spot in the starting lineup is uncertain be appointed captain? He was the second-best choice, which is why. The 2012 IPL champion said, “That’s why they’ve invested in him.”

Gill’s Test cricket statistics

In reference to Gill’s achievements in Test cricket, he began playing the five-day format in 2020 against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He has scored 1893 runs at an average of 35.05. He has participated in 32 games thus far. In the esteemed format, he has amassed five hundreds and seven half-centuries.

He had a lacklustre batting series in the three games he played in his final series, which was again against Australia. Gill was only able to score 93 runs at an average of 18.60 and failed to score 50 or more in any of the games in which he played.