'Transition Is Inevitable': Kumble On India's Test Team Moving On From Rohit, Kohli, Ashwin

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Last Updated:May 26, 2025, 23:14 IST

Anil Kumble acknowledged that it volition beryllium challenging to set to the lack of Kohli, Rohit, and Ashwin but noted it presents Gill with the accidental to make his ain legacy.

Rohit Sharma (M), Virat Kohli (R) and Ravichandran Ashwin (L). (Image: AFP)

Legendary spinner Anil Kumble mentioned connected Monday that captaining the Indian cricket squad is antithetic from starring successful franchise cricket, but Shubman Gill is susceptible of figuring it retired arsenic helium prepares to instrumentality complaint of the Test side.

The 25-year-old Gill volition pb India arsenic they statesman their modulation signifier pursuing the retirements of cardinal players Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin, starting with the five-match circuit of England adjacent month.

“They are each capable, arsenic evidenced by the mode they play cricket," Kumble said during a treatment with Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden, and Robin Uthappa astatine the Australian Summer of Cricket 2025-26 event.

When asked if helium had immoderate proposal for the young Indian Test side, Kumble responded, “Captaincy for India is somewhat antithetic from captaining a franchise oregon authorities side; it comes with its ain responsibilities and pressures. But I’m definite Shubman volition fig it retired and helium is capable."

Kumble acknowledged that it volition beryllium challenging to set to the lack of Kohli, Rohit, and Ashwin but noted it presents Gill with the accidental to make his ain legacy.

“Transition is inevitable and with the lack of 3 pillars of Indian cricket for a agelong period, it volition beryllium antithetic for america arsenic fans excessively erstwhile the Indian cricket squad takes the tract successful the archetypal Test without those 3 names," helium said.

“It volition beryllium different, and the dressing country volition get utilized to it implicit time."

“But it’s the commencement of a young squad successful a caller WTC cycle, and I’m definite this squad volition purpose to triumph and scope the final, hopefully securing the trophy 1 day. Shubman volition effort to make that benignant of legacy," Kumble added.

Kumble pointed retired that portion it won’t beryllium casual for Kohli and Rohit to support their fittingness levels for ODI cricket, their remaining careers should beryllium celebrated.

India is acceptable to play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is successful Australia successful October this year.

“It’s challenging to hole for an ODI that’s six months away, careless of who you are and the occurrence you’ve had passim your career," Kumble said.

“But they are champion players, truthful they cognize however to negociate it. It’s important to observe champion players arsenic agelong arsenic they play and admit their performances."

He added, “Ideally, they would similar to play until the 2027 World Cup, which they missed retired on. We saw Australia holding the trophy successful the 2023 World Cup."

Kumble expressed assurance successful Sai Sudharsan’s chances to unafraid a spot successful the limited-overs broadside based connected beardown performances successful England.

“Virat and Rohit, who are nary longer playing successful different formats, volition surely privation to marque a mark, and galore radical would privation to ticker that successful Australia," helium said.

“I judge idiosyncratic similar Yashasvi Jaiswal oregon Sai Sudharsan volition marque it to that squad based connected their performances successful England, and they’ll beryllium players to ticker retired for."

“Of course, successful the T20 format, Suryakumar is idiosyncratic everyone volition privation to watch. I consciousness 1 of the apical performers from this IPL volition beryllium portion of that too. Although I don’t cognize who it is, the selectors volition surely see uncapped players who person delivered beardown performances," helium concluded.

(with PTI Inputs)

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