'Shubman Gill's Appointment...': India Legend's Good English Jibe At Brown Sahibs

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 13:16 IST

Sunil Gavaskar claims that determination was a clip erstwhile speaking bully nation was a "prerequisite" to go India captain.

Sunil Gavaskar (left) and Shubman Gill (Agencies)

Batting fable Sunil Gavaskar says that Shubman Gill’s assignment arsenic the India Test skipper volition beryllium pleasing to definite “Brown Sahibs" since the youngster is good versed successful English. Gavaskar claims that determination was a play successful Indian cricket erstwhile the ‘powers that be’ considered having a bully grasp implicit English arsenic a indispensable qualification to go the squad captain.

Gill was precocious named the skipper of the Indian Test squad pursuing the status of Rohit Sharma. The 25-year-old batter volition pb an 18-man squad during the five-match Test bid successful England starting June 20.

“For acold excessively long, it was perceived by the powers that be, that speaking bully English was a prerequisite to being the Indian captain," Gavaskar wrote successful his file for mid-day. “It didn’t substance if you were cricket savvy and had the squad down you, but if you did not talk bully English, determination would beryllium a frown connected the faces of definite Brown sahibs."

Gavaskar, a erstwhile India skipper himself and 1 of the finest batters to person played the game, reckons that the signifier has been consigned to past present and Indian cricket’s determination makers are nary longer funny successful however Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodian of cricket laws, perceives them.

“Thankfully, that clip has passed and it is nary longer important what MCC thinks of you, arsenic agelong arsenic you tin rally and pb the troops into conflict connected the cricket field. It besides helped if the skipper of the Indian squad was media presentable adjacent if helium did not ever talk Queen’s English," Gavaskar wrote.

“Shubman Gill’s assignment would delight those brownish sahibs arsenic helium fulfils each request that they felt was needed to beryllium the skipper of the Indian cricket team, particularly connected a circuit to aged Blighty," helium added.

Gavaskar further added that the zonal unit nary longer dictates the assignment of captains.

The legendary batter felt that the enactment committee, headed by Ajit Agarkar, has picked a balanced squad for what is expected to beryllium a challenging circuit for India.

“The Indian squad looks good balanced, and present with BCCI having capable funds, the selectors’ jobs are a spot easier arsenic they tin prime 18 alternatively of the 16 that astir different teams choose. So, they person taken six new-ball users positive Nitish Reddy who tin vessel lively mean pace," Gavaskar wrote.

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