What I want this young Indian squad to do is continue Virat Kohli’s legacy: Monty Panesar

During the five-match Test series against England, Shubman Gill will make his Test captaincy debut. Since Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket, this will be India’s first assignment. Ravichandran Ashwin, who departed from international cricket halfway through the Border-Gavaskar series, would also be missed by the team.

Monty Panesar, a former spinner for England, wants the youthful Indian team to continue Virat  Kohli’s legacy in the red-ball format.

“The only thing I want this Indian team to do is continue Virat Kohli’s legacy.” The manner he played cricket in Test matches. “That is the kind of play I would like to see from the young Indian team,” Panesar told InsideSport.

The former cricket player who is now an analyst was also questioned about which Indian player has the potential to succeed Virat Kohli. Sai Sudharsan, who got his first Test call-up last month, was chosen by Panesar as the next Indian cricket superstar because of his reckless style and familiarity with playing in English conditions from his time with Surrey.

Yes, the club currently has some really talented young players, and the Surrey guy is one of those batsmen. Sai Sudharsan was an overseas player for Surrey. He appears to be a very aggressive and fearless player who has performed well for Surrey and in English circumstances. Therefore, I believe he has the potential to become the next Indian cricket superstar and replace Virat Kohli at number four,” Panesar said.

Sudharsan, who is expected to bat at number three on his Test debut, has amassed 1957 runs in 29 first-class games thus far. However, Abhimanyu Easwaran, who batted at No. 3 for India A against the England Lions in the second unofficial Test at Northampton on Sunday, June 8, and struck a fluid 80, could provide him with fierce competition for a berth in the team.