Exclusive | India led by Shubman Gill in the same situation as the MS Dhoni team at the 2007 T20 World Cup: ex-India Cricket player WV Raman | Cricket news

Timesofindia.com in Leeds: The five tests against England will be a difficult mission for the new captain Shubman Gill and the head coach Gautam Gambir. The former Indian cricket player WV Raman feels that Gill & Co. is in the same situation as the MS Dhoni team was back at the 2007 T20 World Cup, a tournament they won against all expectations.In an exclusive conversation with Timesofindia.com, Raman talks about the Indian team, the challenge of five tests, the ideal striker in India and more.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Extracts:Five tests, not an easy place to visit. We haven’t won much. Came almost the last time, but it was long to put your hands on this trophy, which will now be called the Tentulkar-Anderson trophy.This is a good thing that it is a series with five tests because the team can (make a) return. And for a young Indian team like this, with a new captain, a new vice-captain, almost everything that is new there, the five test series is ideal. And of course, with regard to the change of the name of the trophy, it depends on the administrators. We have to try to continue. And I’m sure it will be a very exciting series, this one.

You mentioned new times there. New captain, new vice-captain. To start with … Shubman Gill is young, always a work in progress with regard to the test cricket and the test striker. How do you watch Shubman Gill, the test paste? Do you think it is ready for the challenge – both as a dough and captain?Now, everything we have seen by Shubman Gill in Test Cricket has given you the confidence that he is also able to play in this format. He obtained useful races in the hard and harshly disputed series in Australia. Of course, England can always test the best strikers. But again, it was at the start of his career. And we have a Gill Shubman here who has already seen a lot, even if he is 25 years old. He has a lot of experience. There has been some time with the Indian team for some time. He played different formats. And he also developed this feeling of accepting responsibility and facing responsibility because of becoming the captain of the franchisee team in IPL.So it’s a question to bring him into play the learning he had over a period of time. And for a young captain, what is important is the type of support he obtains in terms of contributions from other experienced members in the side. And of course, to repeat the cliché, a captain is as good as his team. A young captain needs his team to measure, raise the bar and play together. And it is then that a young captain will probably be able to overcome the challenges of a difficult tour like this.The support he obtains and a captain is as good as the team. First of all, I’m going to get to the team. What were your first reflections on the team? Do you think that has checked the right boxes?Sinders, yes, we checked the boxes. And even the striker, perhaps half of it. It’s just that the other half will depend on the slit which is provided to the strikers, which is given to the strikers. And the allocation of roles, I think that is what will depend. It depends on who bats which number.And also, which is that they want to be part of this shot unit will be very important. Because we have obtained people like (Abhimhanyu) Easwaran and Karun Nair who almost forced their way in the side by the weight of their races over a period of time. Now the question is the level of confidence that team management has on these two to give them the chances first in the series.A player you would have seen close is Sai Sudharsan. Do not mix the formats here, but it goes up this recess bias after a fantastic IPL and looks very compact. Inspire confidence with his county outings. And the way he shaped his game to be very correct. Do you know that he could have a look during this tour?No, let’s not forget that Easwaran did much higher races than him over a long time. We had Easwaran as part of the team. We don’t play it. And this creates a lot of dilemma again when the next selection appears. We will have to try to reward him fully in the sense that it is useless to choose it in the team. We have not, let’s say, a player who has opened in the past, who is ready to open. There is a vacant slit at the top of the command. And here you have, however, you have a player who has opened throughout his life, who has races almost every season. And then you choose it from the team. When there is an opening slit that is vacant, you do not use it. I think we must first answer this particular song. Again, we have someone who returns after a long time. And then it is not a spring onion now. He is in their thirties. He is experienced. It is also in the best form.

You have just mentioned Karun Nair. Someone who returns in good running in the domestic circuit, found his second wind, has done well in the IPL a few times, double a hundred for India a configuration. But then a player who continues to slip under the radar is KL Rahul. It begins a series in a very categorical way, but in a way in a way. What is the importance of these nine tests for KL Rahul – five, then four at home.Yes, this also occurred during his last tour in England. It started well, then it decreased and it was something that happened. We all know it. But again, the fact is always that he is experienced, he has races, he is able to run, he gives you the impression that he can get races. Thus, he is also aware of the fact that he must intensify with regard to consistency. Now the question is very simple. You play it in the first three test games, you see how it approaches. Obviously, if he does it well, you will continue and then it must be said, yes, we are very aware of the fact that you are talented, you have played in the three formats. Now the time has come for you to put it in terms of consistency and a message must be transmitted to it.And that’s how to do it. In default, you are in any case in a transition period. You have to try to look for other options.