India tour of England: It may not have matched the flamboyance of his one-day batting, but in his first press conference as Test captain in England, Shubman Gill exuded the quiet confidence of a man ready for the long haul-prepared for the patience and grind that the traditional format demands.
00:00The format that matters to all of us, has it dawned on you?
00:03Yes, definitely. I think it is the biggest honor that a player can get.
00:08Captaining your country, especially in test cricket, is something, you know,
00:13that not many people have the opportunity, and I think I'm very excited for this opportunity.
00:20Hi, Shubhan. Congratulations.
00:22Can you talk us about the number four, you know, discussions, what went?
00:25Because you opened in spring and test cricket, then number three, and then now number four.
00:30And is there any surety on who will be at number three?
00:34We actually were waiting.
00:37This summer has been a little bit different to the other English summers,
00:40and it's been a little bit dry, so I was just waiting to see the wicket one last time
00:44to see the final combinations and deciding on that.
00:47And you're number four.
00:49There was, I mean, after Virat Bhai retired, me and Gigi Bhai had a discussion about it,
00:55and we were both clear that he wanted me to bat at number four,
01:00and I was also clear that I also wanted to bat at that number.
01:02Yes, definitely.
01:32If you want to win a test match, you can't win a test match without taking 20 wickets,
01:38no matter how many runs you score.
01:40So that has been one of our key discussion points, you know,
01:45how we're going to take 20 wickets, and there might be a case, you know,
01:48where we would only be going with six pure batters,
01:50and you would see a bowling all-rounder and three to four female fast bowlers or the proper bowlers.
01:56We have maybe one or two different combinations.
02:06I was just waiting, like I said, to see, come out today and see the wicket for the one last time
02:11and see how it's going to pan out for the next five days.
02:13Any more questions from this side, please?
02:16Subhan, of course, Rishab talked about your camaraderie vision
02:19and how this young group of girls are dealing.
02:23So how important will it be to set a new benchmark for this team,
02:26new environment for this team?
02:28What are your ideas going forward?
02:30I asked the same question to Rishab as well,
02:32and he was very clear about what he wants to do.
02:34What is your vision?
02:35We have played, me and Rishab, we have played a lot of cricket together,
02:39and our mindset and our thinking is sort of aligned, and our vision is sort of aligned.
02:45We want to create an environment in the team where everyone feels secure,
02:49and I think, I personally believe that everyone's best performances come
02:53when they're feeling the most secure and they're feeling validated and secure,
02:58and that's the kind of environment that we want to create in the team.
03:01Captain, may I ask you, if you imagine winning five tests series,
03:05in my opinion, you know, you don't get many opportunities as a captain
03:20to be able to come to England, maybe two, if you are the best of your generation,
03:26maybe three, and IPL comes every year,
03:32and you get to go have a crack at it every year.
03:36So in my opinion, winning a test series in England, Australia,
03:40New Zealand, South Africa are bigger.
03:46What sort of style of play will you see under your captaincy from India?
03:50Are you inspired at all by what Baz Bourne has done for England the last few years?
03:54So I think you're going to have to wait till August to see what kind of style is that going to be.
04:04Captain, now.
04:07Sir,
04:21Sir, when we have two players who met our senior group in 5-10 years, we will try to win.
04:33Our team will be willing to follow our confidence in our own team.
04:40I think that if the environment in your team is a good player, very confident,
04:49and they know what their role is.
04:52So we have to create that environment in the team.
04:55And if we create that environment
04:59then I think our test series
05:03and the WTC cycle will be very successful.
05:06Shubhan, have you spoken to Virat or Rohit at all
05:10about how you want to go?
05:12Any tips from them about how to go about the captaincy?
05:15Yes, of course I did.
05:17I met both of them in the IPL
05:20and they told me about their experiences
05:23especially here in England
05:25and some of the challenges that we might face here in England.
05:30But having said that, I think the test series
05:33actually that we played against England and India
05:35was one of the best series that I have been part of.
05:38And even in the test series
05:41not many of our senior players were available in every match.
05:45and how we went about that series
05:49was the way that I think the series is also going to be.
05:54I mean if you look at the series scorecard
05:57I think it was about 4-1.
05:59But the number wasn't really justified
06:02how tough that series was for us.
06:04and if we are able to replicate that
06:06I think that would be the key for us.
06:07I would not be telling you any tips one day before the match.
06:16Captain, congratulations on the captaincy.
06:21Just wanted to know that in these days
06:23for the last few years
06:25they have been playing in some brand of cricket
06:27high game.
06:28And often it backfires also
06:30because they also give some opportunities to the opponent team
06:33as well by playing that way.
06:34So how are you looking at this
06:36to counter this approach as an opponent captain
06:39and your thoughts on this high team?
06:43Yeah, I mean they have been playing very exciting brand of cricket.
06:47They have been wanting to get results, you know.
06:50I think that's what the approach has been.
06:53From what we know when we played against them in India
07:00or especially here they have been wanting to get results.
07:03And as a team whenever you are playing
07:07you want to be able to get results out of any match.
07:09And I think that's what they are trying to get.
07:12And I think it wouldn't be any different from us as well.
07:15And we also play to get results
07:17and it will be a very exciting series.
07:20Shimon, you are talking about having a very secure environment.
07:23Is it about giving a longer look for our younger rivals
07:27or is it about having more empathy in other leadership partners?
07:32So I think it's about clear communication.
07:34What you want from them.
07:36And trying to assign roles how, you know,
07:41they would want to go about their things.
07:43Having the confidence to be able to back them
07:46with their natural game.
07:48How they want to play this game.
07:50And yes, definitely there would be some place
07:54that you tend to give more rope to them
07:56just because of their pure potential that you see in them.
07:59But having said that, I think, like I said,
08:02it's all about giving them clear communication
08:05and having honest conversations with them.
08:08And that's how I feel the bond of a leader
08:13or between a player is the best.
08:17I don't think we'd be looking at that, to be honest.
08:20We are, we all are very, you know,
08:22very, you know,
08:24very, you know.
08:26I mean, that's also a lot of people talk about, you know,
08:39like our side is not experienced, but there are also positives
08:42that we don't really have any baggage coming to England
08:45because not all of the players have really been to England.
08:48So that could be one thing that really makes the difference for us
08:52because we wouldn't be carrying any baggage.
08:54Do you expect the opposition to challenge you and target you a bit more than your captain?
09:13I mean, whenever I'm playing, I always think the opposition is trying to challenge me
09:23and, I mean, all the players, you know, that they think are key.
09:26So I don't think it's going to be any different.
09:28I mean, Schumann a lot is being spoken about your captain's season,
09:32becoming the captain.
09:33But what does Schumann mean as the batsman thinking
09:36before the fight that season gets underway?
09:38How are the preparations being like?
09:40Because you are clearly obsessed with the batting.
09:42You were batting the Duke's world in the IPL as well.
09:45So what is, how are you approaching this season as a batter?
09:48Anything different you are planning?
09:49And are you able to segment both batting and captain's season?
09:53Honestly, when I want to go out there and bat,
09:56I just want to play as a batsman,
09:58not really want to think that I'm the captain of the team.
10:01Because I think that sometimes puts too much pressure on you.
10:04Whenever I'm going out there,
10:06I want to play as a batsman and want to dominate the opposition
10:11and be the best batsman in the series.
10:13And that's what I'm trying to look at.
10:15Fine, question.
10:16One minute.
10:17Manakou, you play with the team,
10:19you play with the team,
10:20you play with the team,
10:21you play with the team,
10:22but you play with the team,
10:23you play with the team,
10:24and you play with the team,
10:25and you play with the team,
10:26with the team,
10:27and running with the team.
10:28Which is how important to be in the first match?
10:31Sir, in every test match in the first inning, it is important to make a long score, and how you start the start of any test series, that is also very important.
10:44Because in the first test match, it can be like the tone of the test series.
10:50So, in general, our batsmen, even Australia, we were on top, but we couldn't grab that situation fully.
11:04I think that if we feel that we are now on top of the team, how can we become ruthless, how can we grab that opportunity, and this is our goal.
11:18Yes, all contributions are highly appreciated, especially the lower order, I think.
11:45The amount of frustration the fielding team gets when the tail end score runs, it kind of carries on when they sometimes bat as well.
11:53So, any contribution from the lower order is highly appreciated in this team.
