Before the headingley Test, captain Shubman Gill showed the picture of new India to England, said these 5 big things in the press conference

Sandy Verma

Tezzbuzz|20-06-2025

Shubman Gill Press Conference: The Indian team is going to start a 5 -match Test series campaign against England in Leeds from Friday, June 20. This series is going to be very important for India’s young batsman Shubman Gill as he is playing on this tour as a captain. India has not won any Test series since 2007 in England and has a different pressure.

Apart from this, Gill has been able to score only 1 half -century in the last 10 innings of the Test match. In such a situation, they have to get the form back in red ball cricket. In such a situation, Gill has answered all the questions in the press conference before the first match. Let us know what 5 big things of Gill’s press conference have been.

Shubman Gill made a statement about batting at number 4

On the question of batting at number 4, Shubman Gill said, “No name has been decided right now. We will decide at which number to bat. Yes, we and Gautam Bhai have spoken about it.

Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir
Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir

Gill said about the playing 11 of the Indian team

Regarding Team India’s playing 11, Gill gave a big hint, saying, “You need to take 20 wickets to win a Test match. In such a combination, we will go with a combination that can take 20 wickets. Our playing 11 will include 6 batsmen and the bowler will get a place besides the all -rounder.”

Winning Test series in England is bigger than winning IPL: Shubman Gill

Regarding winning the Test series in England, the Indian Test captain said, “Playing as a captain in England can be possible 2 times and if you are much better, it can be 3 times. However, IPL comes every year. In such a situation, winning the Test series in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa is bigger than winning the IPL.”

Gill gave a befitting reply to English journalist

Talking on India’s way of playing, Gill gave a befitting reply to an English journalist. In fact, the England journalist questioned whether India’s play style would be like England’s Bazball. To this, Gill said, “If you have to know how we are going to play in this series, then you will have to wait till August.”

Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill

Captain pressure will not affect batting: Gill

Talking about his batting and captaincy, Gill said, “When I go to play in the field, I play as a batsman. I do not want to take any pressure of captaincy in batting. I just want to go to the field and try to score runs. I will try to emerge as the best batsman of this series.”

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