Delhi: So now the discussion ends that after Rohit Sharma, who will make the next Test captain of India? The selectors have tried to give India a captain as Shubman Gill for the future as compared to any work arrangements. It is a great respect for Shubman that in Test cricket, despite the young age and less experience, he has become captain because many big name players, never joined the list of Test captain.

Along with getting this pride, we cannot deny the fact that it is not that the selectors served them in the plate and gave them a gift. Most of the new captain has been getting the challenge of the team, Shubman Gill has got the challenge, along with the team’s challenge, on the personal front, with this responsibility. It is not easy for them to come to the coming days. So let’s look at these challenge:

1. No winning team they got:

Team India’s name is big, not recent records and like Sachin Tendulkar, he has got a team giving a bad record not only at a young age. In 2024, despite the first series defeat on his pitches from New Zealand in 12 years and then the 1-0 lead in Australia, the series and these two series dropped out of the Race of WTC 2025. Therefore, first of all, the team’s deteriorating records have to be improved.

2. Who is the contender for spin attack:

Now the pair of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja (587 Test wickets playing together) is broken, so who will handle this responsibility now? Jadeja is still there but they are also 30+, their strike rate is continuously deteriorating and he needs a partner to play on Indian pitches. Kuldeep Yadav (56 Test wickets) and Washington Sundar (25 wickets) are the contender, while those who did not choose for England Tour are all -rounder Akshar Patel (55 Test wickets), Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore and Ravi Bishnoi. There will be experiments to pair and it is not easy.

3. Completing the lack of experience in the team:

The experience of Rohit Sharma (67 Tests), Ashwin (106 Tests) and Virat Kohli (123 Tests) disappeared from the team and the first series as captain on it in England where pitch, weather and ball are all different as captains. It is not that India is the first team that caused such a problem, but it is not easy for the new captain to fulfill the total experience of 296 Tests. He was such a player who, despite not being a captain, used to help the team with his input as captain. Who is left to help Shubman now? Jaspreet Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul see how will it fit in this new role?

4. Winning again in India:

There is a saying in cricket that give a chance to make a new player a chance to make his country debut and the same thing is applicable to the new captain. Even then Shubman is starting in England. It is good that now the selectors do not ask for better results and nothing strange in England, then the next two Test series will be played against West Indies and South Africa in India, then he will be the captain. The 0-3 defeat to New Zealand gave very deep wounds and the interesting thing is that more foreign spinners shone than India’s spinner. Therefore, both batsmen and bowlers of India will have to play with full force. If these fronts win, the victory that will become a habit of winning it will also work even while playing outside the country.

5. Creating your identity:

Shubman became the captain but got such a crown in which the forks have to be removed. Become a captain but did not get the status that should be found. Currently, Rohit Sharma is the captain in ODI and Suryakumar Yadav T20 International and India’s crazy cricket lovers follow these two formats more than Test cricket. Together, Shubman knows that he is not a mike brairley to come to the playing XI only on the skill of captaincy. So first of all, they should play themselves so that the place is confirmed in the playing XI, become an example for the rest of the players and win the team. When these three boxes are tick, a better captain discussion for Shubman will begin.